Following the outbreak of clashes in Saida on 23 and 24 June, which lead to numerous casualties, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) conducted searches in the city and its surroundings. During these operations, at least 140 individuals were arrested and at least 27 remain currently in detention. Alkarama was informed that the families of two of the detained, Ahmad and Jamal*, have not had any news of their relatives while the testimonies of men who were released fuel fears that they may currently be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhumane of degrading treatment.
Alkarama calls on the Lebanese authorities to end the secret detention of those arrested following the events in Saida by allowing them to be in contact with their families as well as a legal counsel of their choosing and by immediately placing them under the protection of the law or releasing them.