Acknowledgments

This report was written by Letta Tayler, terrorism and counterterrorism researcher at Human Rights Watch, with portions contributed by Joanne Mariner, terrorism and counterterrorism director. It is based on research conducted by Tayler and Mariner.

The report was reviewed and edited by Mariner, Joseph Saunders, deputy program director, and James Ross, legal and policy director. Jennifer Daskal and Julia Hall, senior counsels with Human Rights Watch's Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program, Christoph Wilcke, senior researcher with the Middle East and North Africa Division, and Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director, provided additional, substantive guidance.

Katharine Wies, associate in the Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program, provided production assistance, as did Grace Choi, publications director, Jim Murphy, online editor, Anna Lopriore, photography specialist, Ella Moran, multimedia specialist, and Fitzroy Hepkins, production manager.

We thank Khalid al-Anisi and Ahmed Arman of the National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD), Radhia al-Mutawakil and Abd al-Rashid al-Faqih of the Dialogue (Hewar) Forum, and Shiekh Abd al-Wahab al-Humaidan and Muhammad Ahmadi of Al-Karama for their defense of the rights of detainees and for their assistance. We also thank the Yemeni ministers of interior and foreign affairs and the deputy chief of national security for receiving us. We would especially like to express our gratitude to the former detainees and relatives of current detainees at Guantanamo and Bagram who spoke with Human Rights Watch.