On 24 April 2009 Alkarama sent a communication to the Special Rapporteur on Torture to intervene with the Lebanese authorities and remind them that confessions racked by torture cannot be used in the proceedings against them. 

Amer Hashash, born in 1976, lives in Beirut and is cashier at the Arabic University. His brother Mr. Mosbah Hashash, born in 1971, lives in Shoueyfat and is a vendor. Both were arrested by officers from the Directorate General of Internal Security Forces dressed in civilian clothes. At the time, they were not shown an arrest warrant nor were they notified of the reasons for the arrest. Amer was arrested as he left his home to go to the mosque and Mosbah at his mother's home, where he was visiting. 

Both were held incommunicado in the detention center of the Directorate General of Internal Security Forces under particularly difficult conditions. This center is located in Ashrafieh in Beirut and is under the control of the Minister of Interior. 

During their detention, the two brothers were kept awake naked and left starving for three days. They were beaten, insulted and immersed in cold water. They were forbidden to go to the toilet, shave or wash and they were kept blindfolded for long periods. The torturers of Mosbah threatened to attack to his wife and three daughters if he refused to cooperate. These torture methods were aimed at forcing the two brothers to sign "confessions" that they were not allowed to read.

In February 2008, the two brothers were transferred by the intelligence services to Roumieh prison where they were detained for a month. They were then imprisoned in the building "B", where they are unto this day. 

After an initial visit, the family no longer has visiting rights. The judge ignored the allegations of torture and has yet to order a medical examination. The indictment was delivered on 23 February 2008. 

These practices are not isolated in Lebanon. Alkarama has sought the intervention of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, particularly in the case of a group of 12 people who have all been detained incommunicado by the intelligence service for 5 months (see communiqué from 19 January 2009). 

Alkarama recalls the obligation of Lebanon under the Convention Against Torture, ratified on 11 October 1989, to ensure that any statement made under torture cannot be invoked as evidence in any proceedings.