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One Date, One Place: Let's all stand against torture!
LBN - News | 23 June 2011
On June 26, "The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is an occasion to underscore the internationally recognized right of all men and women to live free from torture. It is an opportunity to reaffirm our collective commitment to prohibit torture and all cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment" – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Lebanon: 8 Syrians seeking refuge in Lebanon risk refoulement
LBN - News | 30 May 2011
In recent weeks, Lebanon witnessed the arrival of Syrian citizens escaping escalating violence in Syria. A large number of individuals living close to the Lebanese border (mainly from the Syrian city of Tal Kalakh) have fled into Lebanon, finding shelter in the country with relatives, host families and even in schools.
Lebanon: four individuals at risk of death penalty following confessions extracted under torture
LBN - News | 30 May 2011
Four individuals who were tortured by agents of the Lebanese security forces, particularly during the period they were held incommunicado, face trial on 21 June 2011.
Alkarama is concerned that false confessions extracted under torture may be used during this hearing and has therefore submitted their cases to the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions as they are at risk of the death penalty.
Lebanon / United States: Palestinian refugee rendered by US to Lebanon, trial marred by confessions extracted under torture
LBN - News | 07 March 2011
Ibrahim Ahmad Hamid, a 53-year-old Palestinian refugee, was arrested on 8 August 2008 in the United States for his alleged involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, only to be forcibly returned to Lebanon on 25 May 2010 after 22 months in Henderson County Correctional Center in Kentucky, USA. The Lebanese authorities are currently trying him on charges of murder and "forming a terrorist group," for which he was tortured in order to extract false confessions. Alkarama fears that he will be heavily sentenced based on concocted confessions.
Lebanon: Human rights groups call on PM Mekati to address torture concerns
LBN - News | 14 March 2011
Ten Lebanese and international human rights NGOs sent an open letter to the Lebanese Prime Minister, Mr. Najib Mikati regarding the on-going issue of torture in Lebanon. The letter request that Lebanon implement its obligations under the Convention against Torture (CAT) and the Optional Protocol (OPCAT) of the CAT. The letter is a lead-up to PM Mikati's statement during the Human Rights Council session regarding Lebanon, which he will make on Friday 18 March 2011 in Geneva.