Acknowledgments

Christoph Wilcke of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch and Gerry Simpson of the Refugee Policy Program researched and wrote this report. Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Division, and Ian Gorvin, senior program officer, edited the report. James Ross, legal and policy director, provided legal review. Mark Hiznay, senior researcher in the Arms Division, provided advice on military questions. Felix Legrand, Rana Rizk, Lara Haddad, Bassier Ali, and Ibrahim Ali, interns at Human Rights Watch, provided additional research assistance. Amr Khairy, Arabic language website and translation coordinator, provided assistance with translation into Arabic. Brent Giannotta and Nadia Barhoum, associates for the Middle East and North Africa Division, prepared this report for publication. Additional production assistance was provided by Grace Choi, publications director, and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager.