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XI. Acknowledgements

This report was researched and written by staff members of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch. Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Division, and Ian Gorvin, consultant to the Program Office of Human Rights Watch, edited the report. James Ross, senior legal advisor, provided legal review. Assef Ashraf, associate for the Middle East and North Africa Division, prepared this report for publication. Additional production assistance was provided by Grace Choi, publications specialist, and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager.

Human Rights Watch wishes to acknowledge the cooperation and assistance received from officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government, political leaders of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, members and staff of the Kurdistan National Assembly, the directors and staff of the Kurdish security forces, prison officials, and judicial personnel. We also acknowledge the cooperation and assistance received from the General Command, Task Force 134, Detainee Operations, Multi-National Force-Iraq. Human Rights Watch also wishes to express its deep appreciation to the detainees who spoke with us.

Human Rights Watch would like to thank the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Stichting Vluchteling, NOVIB, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Oak Foundation, the Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers Foundation, ACT Netherlands, a joint project of Kerkinactie and ICCO, and the many individuals who contributed to Human Rights Watch’s Iraq emergency fund.