Articles for Lebanon

Lebanon/Syria: Implemented or imminent expulsion from Lebanon of seven men to Syria

Alkarama is deeply concerned about the situation of seven Syrian nationals who had served sentences in Lebanese prisons and of whom three were already expelled to Syria following the expiry of their prison terms. These three men are now believed to be held by the Syrian Military Intelligence in its Palestine detention centre, a detention centre known for systematic torture and ill-treatment of inmates as well as exceptionally inhumane detention conditions.

29 May 2012

Lebanon/Syria: Implemented or imminent expulsion from Lebanon of seven men to Syria

29 May 2012

Lebanon: Unfair trial of supporter of Syrian opposition, Shadi Al Mawlawi

On 12 May 2012, Shadi Al Mawlawi, a Lebanese national known to support the Syrian opposition as well as Syrian refugees in Lebanon, was arrested in Tripoli. The 25-year-old merchant of office furniture now faces a military trial based on terrorism charges.

22 May 2012

Lebanon: Arbitrarily detained Mahmoud Al Adawi at high risk of torture

Mahmoud Al Adawi was arbitrarily arrested on the orders of a judge at the Beirut military court on Monday, 23 April 2012. He is currently held at Al Qubba prison in Northern Lebanon, where he was brought the day following his arrest. Alkarama fears that he is at high risk of torture.

On Friday, 20 April 2012, 32-yaer-old Mr Al Adawi received summons ordering him to appear at the military court in Beirut on Monday, 23 April 2012, as a witness on a case. It was not specified what kind of case he was to be questioned about.

24 Apr 2012

Alkarama representative in Lebanon: Saadeddine Shatila

Today, Saadeddine Shatila, Alkarama's representative in Lebanon can return to his work assisting victims of human rights violations and lobbying for the authorities to respect their Human Rights obligations.

29 Feb 2012

Lebanon: Promptly investigate torture and arbitrary detention allegations in the case of Mr. Tarek Rabaa

The undersigned organizations demand an immediate, independent and thorough investigation into the alleged torture and arbitrary detention of Mr. Tarek Rabaa in Lebanon. Furthermore the undersigned organizations call on the Lebanese authorities for his immediate release, if his confession proves to have been forcibly extracted under torture.

Tarek Rabaa, a 41-years old Lebanese citizen, working as engineer at Alfa Telecom Company, was summoned to the Ministry of Defense for investigation on 12 July 2010.

09 Nov 2011

Lebanon: Hassan Kayed risks being tortured following arrest by Lebanese authorities

On Wednesday, 26 October 2011, Hassan Kayed, a 34-year old Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, was arrested by Lebanese Military Intelligence services. Since his arrest, his family have been unable to establish contact with him. The only information they have is that he is currently detained by the Military Intelligence in Mount Lebanon.

Alkarama is deeply concerned by those events as Mr Kayed was already arrested and tortured by the Lebanese authorities following his initial arrest in 2007.

28 Oct 2011

Lebanon: Cease Harassment of Human Rights Activist for Documenting Torture

International and Local Groups Condemn Rise in Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders

The Lebanese authorities should immediately cease harassment of Saadeddine Shatila, of the international human rights group Alkarama, for his work documenting torture by security forces, a group of eleven international and local groups said at a news conference today. The groups also criticized an emerging pattern of intimidation against human rights defenders who raise concerns about security agencies.

04 Aug 2011

Lebanon: Alkarama's respresentive questioned by Military Intelligence

Saadeddine Shatila, Alkarama's representative in Lebanon, was held yesterday morning, 25 July 2011, for questioning by Lebanese military intelligence in Beirut. According to the summons which he received last Friday, he was questioned regarding certain "security issues", but was released later the same day after seven hours of interrogation, which mainly concerned his human rights work.

26 Jul 2011

Lebanon: Alkarama commends Lebanon release of wrongfully-detained Syrian refugees

All Syrian refugees detained by the Lebanese authorities for being in the country illegally have been released this week. Following their release, Prime Minister Mikati declared on Arab television channel Al-Arabiya that his government will "look at the issue of Syrian refugees ...

24 Jun 2011