Lebanon

On July 17, 2025, Alkarama submitted its contribution for the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Lebanon, which will take place in Geneva from November 3 to 14, 2025 before the United Nations Human Rights Council. This report, highlighting violations of fundamental rights documented since the last 2020 cycle, addresses relevant recommendations to the Lebanese authorities. 

‏On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ending the practice of torture and other ill-treatment- we, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the ongoing impunity for the crime of torture in Lebanon and the lack of effective implementation of the Anti-Torture Law enacted in 2017.

The arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, a poet and activist, has sparked widespread criticism, with human rights organisations urging Lebanon to fulfil its obligations under the Convention Against Torture. 

Al-Qaradawi, the son of the late Islamic scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, was detained on 28 December 2024 at the Masnaa border crossing as he returned from Syria.