Articles for Lebanon

Lebanon: 12 people victim of incommunicado detention and torture

Alkarama has made a submission to the Special Rapporteur on Torture asking him to intervene in the case of 12 people arrested between the 30 December 2005 and 16 January 2006, then detained incommunicado and tortured. They have been waiting to be judged since then.

These people were all arrested by elements from the  Directorate General of Internal Security Forces and are being subjected to legal proceedings before the Beirut Military Tribunal, even though they are not part of the military.

19 Jan 2009
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Lebanon: Act Now on Steps to Prevent Torture

Country’s Report on Torture Is Seven Years Overdue
Lebanon should take concrete and public measures to stop the use of torture in detention facilities and submit a long-overdue report on the subject to the United Nations, a group of eight Lebanese and international human rights organizations said today.

Lebanon ratified the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2000, but it has yet to submit a report that was due seven years ago – on Novemb

05 Nov 2008
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Lebanon: Convictions as a result of "confessions" extracted under torture

Alkarama has received additional information about nine people about whom it had addressed, in September 2007, a communication to the Special Rapporteur on torture. Alkarama thus informed the Special Rapporteur on 16 October 2008 that these persons were tried by a military court on the basis of confessions obtained under torture.

The people listed below were arrested in March-April 2006 and were victims of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.

21 Oct 2008
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Lebanon: Torture, ill-treatment and prosecution of civilians before military courts

Alkarama submitted 13 cases of people being tortured in Lebanon to the Special Rapporteur on Torture, on 15 October 2008.
17 Oct 2008
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Lebanon: Letter of Alkarama and other NGOs to the Minister of the Interior about the situation in prisons.

A month after the decision to open an investigation into allegations of corruption and mistreatment of prisoners, revealed by the television channel "NewTV, seven Lebanese and international human rights NGOs have sent today a letter to the Minister of Interior of Lebanon, Mr.
08 Oct 2008
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Lebanon: Further torture and trial of civilians by military courts

Alkarama for Human Rights submitted the cases of 9 people arrested, tortured and held incommunicado by the intelligence services at the Ministry of Defense in Beirut
to the Special Rapporteur on torture.

They are:

1 - Ghassan Sulayman Al Sulaiby, born 29 March 1961 in Baabda (La Montagne), accountant, residing in Baabda, Sibani Al Ouarouar. He was arrested at his home by military intelligence on the 31 March 2006 at 9 pm.

13 Sep 2007
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Lebanon: Torture and trial of civilians by military courts

04 Sep 2007
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