Lebanon: Arrested for reporting rape in Lebanese detention center
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
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: Universal Periodic Review 2015 - Alkarama's Submission to the Stakeholders’ Summary
Lebanon: Major Human Rights Violations to be Adressed at Universal Periodic Review
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
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".