AcknowledgementsKatinka Ridderbos, Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellow at Human Rights Watch, researched and wrote this report. Nadim Houry, Lebanon and Syria researcher at Human Rights Watch, also researched and edited the report. Wissam al-Saliby, a consultant with Human Rights Watch in Lebanon, provided research assistance during Human Rights Watch’s field mission. The report was edited by Bill Frelick, director of the Refugee Policy Program; Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East division; and Iain Levineof the Program Office. Aisling Reidy, Senior Legal Advisor,conducted the legal review. Additional editorial assistance was provided by Jonathan Cohen of the Refugee Policy Program. Grace Choi of the Program Office and Tarek Radwan of the Middle East division provided production assistance. Human Rights Watch is grateful to all the refugees who agreed to be interviewed for this report and thus made this report possible. We would also like to thank UNHCR staff in Beirut, who gave generously of their time during Human Rights Watch’s field mission to Lebanon, and provided detailed and helpful comments on the report; and IOM staff in Beirut and Amman, who agreed to meet with Human Rights Watch and who provided further information in extensive correspondence. Human Rights Watch is grateful to officials in the Directorate General of General Security who provided detailed information and gave permission to Human Rights Watch to visit the General Security prison in Beirut. Human Rights Watch would like to thank the Association Justice et Miséricorde for its assistance in providing access to Roumieh prison for Human Rights Watch; and Samira Trad, director of the Frontiers Association in Beirut, for her assistance during Human Rights Watch’s field mission to Lebanon. Human Rights Watch gratefully acknowledges the support from Stichting Vluchteling and from the Oak Foundation. |