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Lebanon : Lebanese refugee risks torture following forced return from Bulgaria

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Youssef Kayed

Alkarama has learned of the forced return of Mr Youssef Kayed from Bulgaria to Lebanon last Saturday, 27 November 2010, where he risks torture and ill-treatment at the hands of the Lebanese authorities.

01 Dec 2010
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Lebanon: Saudi detainee forced to sign confessions under torture

Mr Mohamed Al Swaid, was arrested on 17 November 2007, detained incommunicado and seriously tortured by the Information Branch (IB). Mr Al Swaid, a Saudi citizen aged 42, is married with four children and usually resides with his family in the Bchamoun area, south of Beirut.

Alkarama fears that Mr Al Swaid risks being heavily sentenced on the basis of a dossier containing confessions extracted under duress and through severe torture.

01 Dec 2010
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Lebanon: Continued Practice of Torture by Security Forces

On 1 November 2010, Alkarama submitted seven new cases of torture in Lebanon to the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on Torture Mr. Juan Méndez. These seven cases took place between 2006 and 2010. All of these allegations are related to very young victims: one was 17 at the time of the violation and all were under 25. The victims include individuals accused of links to terrorist cells, but also one charged with common criminal accusations.

01 Nov 2010
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Lebanon: Seven men severely tortured while in custody of security forces

On 1 November 2010, Alkarama sent seven new torture cases to the Special Rapporteur on Torture. The seven cases allegedly took place between 2006 and 2010. All the victims were under-25 and one of them was only 17. Six of the seven victims are accused of having links to terrorist cells inside Lebanon, while only one of them is held on regular criminal charges.

The victims were tortured by agents from the Information Branch and the Judicial Police of the Internal Security forces and several military intelligence officers.

01 Nov 2010
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Lebanon: Human Rights Council Reviews Lebanon

The Human Rights Council meets on 9 November 2010 to proceed with the Universal Periodic Review of Lebanon. Alkarama presented a report in this context.

- Lebanon's National Report

- Report on Lebanon prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

31 Oct 2010
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Lebanon: Prisoners held under cruel conditions in Roumieh Prison

Since 8 November 2009, more than 30 prisoners are still detained under inhumane conditions in E Block of the Juvenile Building, Roumieh Central Prison.
This section holds prisoners arrested and convicted on "terrorism" charges; most of them are of Syrian, Tunisian, Algerian, Saudi, or Palestinian nationalities, as well as some Lebanese prisoners.
25 Oct 2010
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Lebanon: Israeli military unit arrest and torture Lebanese shepherd

Today Alkarama, a Geneva-based human rights organisation, and the Beirut-based Khiam Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture sent a communication to the Special Rapporteur on Torture requesting his intervention with the Israeli occupation authorities to launch an immediate investigation into the torture of Imad Atawi in June.

06 Oct 2010
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Lebanon: Human Rights Groups Call for Draft Torture Law Approval

On Thursday 22 July 2010, in an open letter addressed to the Lebanese Minister of Justice, Dr.
23 Jul 2010
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Lebanon: FREED - Fabi Sabunah released on 31 March 2010

On the evening of 31 March 2010, Lebanese authorities released Fadi Sabunah after nearly two years arbitrary detention. The investigative judge responsible for case related to the events that occurred in the Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp in 2008. During his 18 month detention, Fadi Sabunah was detained incommunicado and tortured for 35 consecutive days. He was then subsequently interrogated and tried by both civilian and military judges.
12 Apr 2010
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Lebanon: Mustafa Sayw and Kamal Al-Na'san trial adjourned to 18 June 2010

Today, 9 April 2010, the Justice Council Court concluded the trials of Mustafa Sayw and Kamal Al-Na'san; two of four persons whose cases Alkarama brought to the attention of the Special Rapporteur on Torture on 27 October 2009. It is feared that confessions extracted under torture were used against them in the trial.
09 Apr 2010
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