Acknowledgments

This report was researched and written by Letta Tayler, senior researcher for Human Rights Watch, with research assistance from several consultants .

Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division, and Tom Porteous, deputy program director, edited the report. James Ross, Human Rights Watch’s legal and policy director, provided legal review. Balkees Jarrah, counsel for the organization’s International Justice program, reviewed the sections on international justice. Priyanka Motaparthy, a researcher in the Children’s Rights division, also provided review. Amr Khairy, Arabic translation and website coordinator with Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa division, supervised translation into Arabic. Associate Arwa Abdelmoula provided production assistance. Grace Choi, publications director; Kathy Mills, publications specialist; Anna Lopriore, creative manager; and Fitzroy Hepkins, administrative manager, prepared the report for publication. Former Human Rights Watch intern Waleed Alhariri provided invaluable fact-checking assistance.

Human Rights Watch thanks the many witnesses, wounded, relatives of victims, human rights defenders, medical workers, lawyers, Yemeni government officials, and other individuals whose accounts, insights, or other assistance made this report possible. They include Muhammad Naji Allow, Ahmad Arman, Abdulrahman Barman, Khaled al-Maweri, and Radhia Khairan of the Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD); Ismail al-Dailami of the Hemaya Organization for Human Rights; Muhammad al-Aroosi of the Musawah Center for Development and Human Rights; Hizam al-Moraisi; Faisal Hazza al-Majeedi; Muhammad Mehdi al-Bakoli and Muhammad Muhammad al-Maswari of the House of Law Organization; Shawqi al-Maimooni and the Wafa Organization to Support the Families of the Martyrs and Injured; Sarah Jamal Ali Ahmed;  Fahd Alshohary; Abd al-Rashid al-Faqih and Radhia al-Mutawakel of the Hewar (Dialogue) Forum; and youth activist Ibrahim Mothana. Jeb Boone provided valuable details for a map of Change Square and the attack area.