Delivered Into Enemy Hands - Human Rights Watch
Delivered Into Enemy Hands - Human Rights Watch
Delivered Into Enemy Hands - Human Rights Watch
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Acknowledgments<br />
This report was written by Laura Pitter, counterterrorism advisor at <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong>. It<br />
is based on research conducted in Tripoli primarily by Pitter but also by Sidney Kwiram,<br />
former emergencies consultant for <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong>, and further phone interview<br />
research from New York by Pitter and Hanan Salah, Libya and Mauritania researcher. It is<br />
also based on documents found by Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director, in Tripoli in<br />
August 2011, as well as independent research on unlawful rendition and secret detention<br />
by the United States and other governments over the past decade. Stacy Sullivan, consultant<br />
to <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong>, drafted early parts of the Background and Detention in Asia<br />
sections of the report. Mohammed al-Bahry, Wagde Bargig, and Basem Tulti facilitated<br />
interviews and provided translation for the report.<br />
The report was substantively reviewed and edited by James Ross, legal and policy director,<br />
Alison Parker, US program director, Maria McFarland, US program deputy director, Andrea<br />
Prasow, senior counterterrorism counsel and advocate, and Joseph Saunders, program<br />
director. Fred Abrahams, special advisor to <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong>’s program office, John<br />
Sifton, Asia advocacy director, Heba Morayef, researcher in the Middle East and North<br />
Africa division, Bill Frelick, director of <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong>’s refugee program, Peter<br />
Bouckaert, emergencies director, and Tom Malinowski, Washington advocacy director,<br />
provided additional edits and substantive guidance.<br />
Clive Baldwin, senior legal advisor for the legal and policy office, Ben Ward, deputy director<br />
for the Europe and Central Asia division, Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan director, Eric<br />
Goldstein, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division, and Corrine Dufka,<br />
senior researcher in the Africa division, provided specialist review. Dinah PoKempner,<br />
general counsel of <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong>, provided legal review. Sana Ahmed, Klatsky<br />
Fellow, provided additional research, as did interns Kimberly Colabro and Jason Tauches.<br />
Adam Lewis, US program associate for terrorism and counterterrorism, provided production<br />
assistance, as did Elena Vanko and Samantha Reiser, both US program associates,<br />
Grace Choi, publications director, Enrique Piraces, senior online strategist, Anna Lopriore,<br />
photography specialist, Jessie Graham, senior multimedia producer, Amanda Baily,<br />
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