Acknowledgements

This report was researched and written by Peter Bouckaert, senior researcher for emergencies at Human Rights Watch. Saman Zia-Zarifi, Academic Freedom program director, assisted with the research. The report was edited by Joe Stork, Washington director of the Middle East and North Africa division; Iain Levine, program director; and Dinal PoKempner, general counsel. AliUthman, Human Rights Watch interpreter in Iraq, assisted with interviews and research. Jonathan Horowitz, program coordinator, Patrick Minges, publications director, and John Emerson, web advocate, prepared the document for publication and distribution.