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IX. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report is based primarily on research carried out by Human Rights Watch in Nigeria between May and September 2002, and on information gathered from other sources before and after those dates. We would like to thank Damian Ugwu for his contribution to this research. We also thank the many men and women who testified to us about their experiences, including victims and witnesses of OPC violence, current and former members of the OPC, other individuals close to the organization, members of Nigerian human rights organizations, and members of the police force. This report was written by Carina Tertsakian, researcher in the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch. It was edited by Bronwen Manby, Deputy Director of the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, James Ross, Senior Legal Advisor of Human Rights Watch, and Iain Levine, Program Director of Human Rights Watch. Production and coordination assistance was provided by Jeff Scott, Associate in the Africa Division. Human Rights Watch thanks the Macarthur Foundation for funding its work on Nigeria. Human Rights Watch
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