Lebanon - Latest Press Releases

Lebanon: Arrested for reporting rape in Lebanese detention center

LBN - News | 24 September 2015

The signatory organizations call upon the Lebanese judiciary to act on the case of Layal al-Kayaje, a veterinary clinic employee from Saida, who was summoned for investigation on September 21, 2015 by Lebanese army intelligence in Saida, Lebanon, following her statements on alleged torture and rape during detention.

Lebanon: Activist Lucien Bourjeily Injured by Security Forces Using Excessive Force During Peaceful Manifestation

LBN - News | 16 September 2015

On 14 September 2015, Alkarama and the Lebanese organisation March sent a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (SR FPAA), Maina Kiai, regarding the case of Lebanese writer, director and social activist, Lucien Bourjeily, injured by security forces during a peaceful protest in Beirut, on 25 August 2015.

Lebanon: Major Human Rights Violations to be Adressed at Universal Periodic Review

LBN - News | 12 March 2015

On 23 March 2015 Alkarama will submitt its report on Lebanon's human rights record to the Human Rights Council (HRC) in view of Lebanon's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 3 November 2015. Alkarama raised key issues such as the widespread use of torture, the recourse to arbitrary detention as well as violations of fair trial rights. Alkarama's report also points out the lack of implementation of several recommendations issued on the first UPR and accepted by Lebanon.

Lebanon: Tarek Rabaa Set Free After 4 Years of Arbitrary Detention

LBN - News | 24 February 2015

On 1 February 2015, Tarek Rabaa was set free, after more than four years of detention in Lebanese jails. Summoned to the Ministry of Defence for investigation on 12 July 2010, the 45-year-old Lebanese engineer was subsequently arrested. An arrest warrant was issued a month later on charges of "collaborating and communicating with the enemy".

Lebanon: UN Calls for the Immediate Release of Two Lebanese Citizens Arbitrarily Detained for over 6 Years

LBN - News | 15 January 2015

During its 71st session held in Geneva on 28 August 2014, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) adopted an opinion on the case of Tariq Mostafa Marei and Abdel Karim Al Mustafa, two Lebanese citizens sentenced on 6 August 2013 to 15 years in prison, following a flawed trial. In this opinion, the WGAD considers their detention "arbitrary" and calls for their immediate release.

Lebanon - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 03.11.1972
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Overdue since 21.03.2001 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 05.05.1997

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 05.10.2000
Optional Protocol: Yes
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Overdue since 03.11.2001 (1st)
Last concluding observations: N/A

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

CED: Signed on 06.02.2007

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 11.2010 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2015 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No