26 05 2023
Human Rights
Independent Oversight Board of the Lebanon Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) Communiqué - May 26th, 2023
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19 05 2023
Refugees' rights
Statement on the decision of the Syrian Embassy in Lebanon regarding passport applications
Beirut, 19 May 2023
Statement on the decision of the Syrian Embassy in Lebanon regarding pa...
17 05 2023
Refugees' rights
Joint Open Letter to the UNHCR in Lebanon
Joint Open Letter to the UNHCR in Lebanon
15 May, 2023
This open letter has been prepared in a...
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16 05 2023
Freedom of expression
CLDH meets with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
CLDH MEETS WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF OP...
15 05 2023
Human Rights
Independent Oversight Board of the Lebanon Reform, Recovery, & Reconstruction Framework - Communiqué May 15, 20
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11 05 2023
Refugees' rights
Lebanon: halt summary deportations of Syrian refugees
11 May, 2023
Lebanon: halt summary deportations of Syrian refugees
The Lebanese Armed Fo...
25 04 2023
Human Rights
Global Legal and Rule of Law Community Stands in Solidarity with Lebanese Lawyer Nizar Saghieh
Global Legal and Rule of Law Community Stands in Solidarity with Lebanese Lawyer Nizar Saghieh ...
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25 04 2023
Human Rights
CLDH launches a new project funded by The United Nations Democracy Fund: “Safeguarding Human Rights Amid Crisis in Lebanon"
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06 04 2023
Freedom of expression
Global Coalition of Civil Society and Media Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Independent Media Outlets in Lebanon Amid Targeting
Global Coalition of Civil Society and Media Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Independent Media...
05 04 2023
Freedom of expression
Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression: Authorities must respect freedoms of the press and legal profession and fundamentally amend defamation laws
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31 03 2023
Freedom of expression
Statement on the summoning of Press Institutions: The Public Source and Megaphone
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights denounces the summoning of journalists Lara Bitar from The Publ...
21 03 2023
Refugees' rights
Statement on the racist rhetoric adopted by the Baalbek-Hermel governor
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) denounces the racist rhetoric in which Baalbek-Hermel Go...
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24 02 2023
Human Rights
Ukraine: Justice for the most serious crimes will promote international peace and security
Ukraine: Justice for the most serious crimes will promote international peace and security
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24 02 2023
Judiciary
Statement on the letter sent by the Prime Minister to the Minister of Interior
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) condemns the letter sent by the Prime Minister to the Mi...
15 02 2023
Torture
Statement on the Recent Attack on a Syrian Minor by a Municipal Police Officer
Statement on the Recent Attack on a Syrian Minor by a Municipal Police Officer
On Febr...
06 02 2023
Human Rights
Death Boats: Borders kill in the absence of justice
Death Boats: Borders kill in the absence of justice
Joint Press Release – Lebanon
Februa...
01 02 2023
Human Rights
Statement on the recent attack on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI)
Statement on the recent attack on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI)
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31 01 2023
Judiciary
Statement on the current conflict between judicial authorities
Statement on the current conflict between judicial authorities
On the 25th of&nbs...
26 01 2023
Human Rights
Call for Application: Coordinator for the Independent Oversight Board (IOB) of the 3 RF
Call for Application: Coordinator for the Independent Oversight Board (IOB) of the 3 RF
...
19 01 2023
Refugees' rights
Statement in response to the suspension of the afternoon teaching shift for Syrian refugee students
30 11 2022
Torture
Press Release: The Scars You Cannot See: Torture and its Impact on Mental Health Event
THE LEBANESE CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & FLPS HOLD EVENT ON PRISON LIFE, TORTURE & TRAUMA
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15 11 2022
Judiciary
The Core Group for Judicial Independence launches the Draft National Action Plan for the Independence of the Judiciary
Press Release: The Core Group for Judicial Independence launches the Draft National Action...
27 09 2022
Human Rights
In the Eastern Mediterranean, Crises and Hate Speech Force Refugees onto Deadly Migratory Routes - Joint Statement
IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CRISES AND HATE SPEECH FORCE REFUGEES ONTO DEADLY MIGRATORY ROUTES
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12 08 2022
Human Rights
Joint Press Release: Stop Push-backs from Cyprus to Lebanon Now!
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08 08 2022
LGBTQ+ Rights
Political Parties and Statements in Support of the LGBTQI+ Community
...
04 08 2022
Accountability
Press release issued by the Independent Oversight Board of the 3RF (Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework).
Beirut, August 4, 2022
Press release issued by the Independent Oversight Board of t...
01 08 2022
LGBTQ+ Rights
CLDH and EuroMed Rights
CLDH and EuroMed Rights to the European Parliament Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countri...
12 07 2022
Accountability
Two months after the Tripoli boat incident… A survivor pleads for justice
Two months after the Tripoli boat incident, the only survivor of his family recounts how fast the si...
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02 07 2022
LGBTQ+ Rights
Lebanon: Unlawful Crackdown on LGBTI Gatherings - Joint Statement
Lebanon: Unlawful Crackdown on LGBTI Gatherings Immediately Annul Ban on Assembly; Protect LGBTI Peo...
04 04 2022
Abolishing Slavery
Labor Arbitration Council does Halima Arba Ubpah justice after 10 years of enduring slavery
Labor Arbitration Council does Halima Arba Ubpah justice after 10 years of enduring slavery
Leban...
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11 03 2022
Human Rights
Joint Statement by Civil Society Organizations
Civil Society Organizations: We reject the unjustified renewal of the mandate of the National Human ...
23 02 2022
Human Rights
CLDH and NDU Signing an MOU
On February 21, 2022, commemorating the UN’s World Day of Social Justice, the Faculty of Law a...
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17 12 2021
Human Rights
Global Legal Community Stands in Solidarity with Egyptian Lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer
We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer ...
03 12 2021
Accountability
Joint Open Letter Urging EU Targeted Sanctions Against NSO Group
Joint open letter by civil society organizations and independent experts urging EU targeted sanction...
18 11 2021
Refugees' rights
Alarming threats to Syrian Refugees’ Safety
Since entering the Lebanese territories after the outbreak of the Syrian war in March 2011, Syrian r...
13 10 2021
Freedom of expression
Rights organizations call on authorities to cease the intimidation of lawyer Mohammad Sablouh
Human rights organizations are gravely concerned by the Lebanese authorities’ recent attempts ...
05 10 2021
Refugees' rights
Cyprus: no to pushbacks, yes to family reunification!
EuroMed Rights, KISA, Access Centre for Human Rights, the Lebanese Centre for Human Rights and 12 ot...
15 09 2021
Accountability
Joint Letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an International Investigative Mission into the
September 15, 2021
To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United N...
01 09 2021
Enforced disappearances
Enforced Disappearances in MENA
Today, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we the 33...
11 08 2021
Human Rights
Access to water in Lebanon: a basic right subjected to privatization and underground networks
Water is universally acknowledged as a basic and fundamental human right. UN resolution 64/292 ackno...
16 07 2021
Torture
Press Release: Report Launching by CLDH: "Torture, an Illegal and failing tool of interrogations"
Coinciding with its 25th anniversary, CLDH organized an event for the launch of its latest report en...
15 06 2021
Human Rights
Joint Letter to the HRC calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast
June 15, 2021
To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nation...
03 06 2021
Refugees' rights
Pushbacks from Cyprus to Lebanon leads to chain refoulement to Syria
On 16 May 2021, a boat left Lebanon with 56 migrants on board (39 men, seven women and ten children)...
28 05 2021
Human Rights
CLDH Reports on Lebanese Forces and Syrian National Social Parties
Beirut, Lebanon &...
20 05 2021
Refugees' rights
CLDH Reports on the Head of Municipality of Ferzol
Beirut, Lebanon &...
17 02 2021
Human Rights
Reccomendations to the National Committee for the Management of the COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
Reccomendations to the National Committee for the Management of the COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
Beirut ...
10 02 2021
Detention & prison system
The military has no role in policing public protests, arresting, detaining and prosecuting civilians
February 10, 2021
The ICJ and the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) a...
09 02 2021
Freedom of expression
Statement on the Assassination of Lokman Slim: The Angel of Death Still Roams Among Us
Beirut, February 5, 2021.
It is with immense sorrow and regret that we were informed of the assas...
24 12 2020
Right to fair trial
A joint seminar between the Lebanese Center for Human Rights and the Tripoli Bar Association
"Judicial aid in Lebanon and its impact on the right to justice"
The Le...
22 12 2020
Right to fair trial
CLDH- ICJ Joint Webinar on the Legal framework and Human Rights of Migrants and Refugees in Lebanon
On Monday 21 December 2020, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) and the International Commis...
16 12 2020
Accountability
Joint Statement by Organizations and Individuals on the violations committed by the Government
In the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion that happened on August 4, 2020, organizations and ind...
07 12 2020
Abolishing Slavery
Another Human Rights Violation at Caritas Lebanon Shelter
After human rights violations were reported by 13 migrant workers in July 2020, S.M., a migrant work...
26 11 2020
Human Rights
Press Release - CLDH Launching “Lebanon’s Uprising” Report
Lebanon &n...
12 08 2020
Accountability
Lebanese CSOs to International Organizations, the United Nations, and International Partners
Beirut 7/8/2020
1. Beirut Explodes
On August 4, 2020, Beirut was hit by the biggest explosion ...
13 07 2020
Freedom of expression
Lebanon: New Coalition to Defend Free Speech
(Beirut, June 7, 2020) – 14 Lebanese and international organizations announced on ...
02 07 2020
Abolishing Slavery
Call for Action to Protect Migrant Workers: 13 Workers Report Their Rights Violated at Caritas
13 Ethiopian women left a shelter run by Caritas on June 22, 2020, reporting some concerning violati...
01 06 2020
Accountability
A Large Civil Society and Global Trade Unions Coalition Launch a Call for Urgent Justice Mechanism
On June the 1st, 2020, a large coalition of civil society organizations and global trade unions laun...
24 03 2020
Human Rights
COVID-19: Urgent measures must be taken by MENA governments to protect the prison population
In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic outbreak—qualified as a Public Health Emergency of In...
24 03 2020
Human Rights
COVID-19 : Les gouvernements de la région MENA doivent prendre des mesures urgentes pour protéger la
À la lumière de la pandémie de COVID-19 − qualifiée « d...
07 03 2020
Women’s rights
Women's International Day in Lebanon - Reality and Issues
In 2019, according to the World Economic Forum, Lebanon went from ranking 140th to 145th (out of 153...
17 02 2020
Enforced disappearances
Conference around the Guidelines on the Research of Enforced Disappearances
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights organized, in cooperation with the Euro-Mediterranean Federatio...
19 10 2019
Human Rights
CLDH Urgently Calls Lebanese Authorities to Respect Domestic and International Commitments
Beirut, October 19, 2019 –
Under the Lebanese Constitution (paragraph b), Lebanon express...
09 10 2019
Refugees' rights
“Refugees Rights Defenders Initiative” - Post governmental and diplomatic visits
Beirut – 08/10/2019
“Refugees Rights Defenders Initiative” was ...
19 07 2019
Torture
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights Organizes Raising Awareness Play “W Ma Tallet Colette”
On the 18th of July, The Lebanese Center for Human Rights organized a public invitation to the raisi...
11 12 2017
Refugees' rights
UNHCR begins reconstruction after fire in camp kills seven kids
Reconstruction began over the weekend at an informal tented settlement for Syrian refugees in Wester...
08 12 2017
Refugees' rights
Fire at refugee settlement in West Bekaa kills eight
A fire caused by a gas cylinder explosion killed or injured over 10 people, the majority of them chi...
07 12 2017
Women’s rights
Groups fight gender-based violence
Another year and the battle against gender-based violence is still being hard-fought in Lebanon. To ...
05 12 2017
Refugees' rights
Lazzarini à L’OLJ L’avenir des réfugiés syriens sera dans leur pays
La communauté internationale pèsera-t-elle de tout son poids pour soutenir les efforts...
10 11 2017
Judiciary
Despite objections, STL chamber accepts report, Philips testifies
A heated argument over the submission of a new report into evidence carried on into its second day T...
03 11 2017
Human Rights
Lawyers to present new draft law on civil marriage
The Beirut Bar Association Thursday unveiled a draft law that if adopted would make civil marriage p...
28 10 2017
Enforced disappearances
Lebanon solution for registration of new births of displaced persons
لهذه الغاية، أودعت الوزارة في 17 الجاري، وزارة الداخلية والبلديات مذكرة السفارة السورية (تاريخ 2/1...
28 10 2017
Refugees' rights
Il est possible qu’un million de personnes rentrent chez elles en une semaine
Mireille Girard, représentante au Liban du Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les r&eac...
26 10 2017
Torture
Changes to anti-torture law disappoint activists
Five years after civil society activists and MP Ghassan Moukheiber first drafted a strengthened anti...
20 10 2017
Human Rights
Child labor on the rise due to economic situation
Despite a number of international treaties forbidding child labor, more kids were entering workplace...
20 10 2017
Judiciary
Donaldson left alone as STL counsels bicker
The last session of prosecution analyst Andrew Donaldson’s cross examination in front of the S...
19 10 2017
Judiciary
STL Appeals Chamber decides on legal issues in confidential indictment
The Appeals Chamber at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued its decision Wednesday on legal issue...
11 10 2017
LGBTQ+ Rights
Appels pour la libération de Suzy, l’une des premières femmes transgenres au Liban
Des appels ont été lancés au cours des dernières vingt-quatre heures par...
06 10 2017
Women’s rights
Chiffrer les violences contre les femmes... pour y mettre un point final ?
Lidée peut surprendre, même déstabiliser certains : comment estimer le coû...
05 10 2017
Women’s rights
U.N. studies cost of domestic abuse
In an initiative to further women’s rights in the Arab world, the United Nations Economic and ...
04 10 2017
Human Rights
Mejdlaia Prison
تابع فريق الدفاع عن المتهم حسن حبيب مرعي في غرفة الدرجة الأولى في المحكمة الدولية الخاصة بلبنان في...
30 09 2017
Judiciary
Investigation biased: STL defense counsel
Defense Counsel David Young concluded his nine-day cross-examination of prosecution analyst Andrew D...
29 09 2017
Judiciary
Military Tribunal hands Assir death sentence
Radical Islamist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir was sentenced to death Thursday by the Military Tribunal for ...
27 09 2017
Accountability
STL defense contests phone link to Sabra
The defense counsel continued to distance Assad Sabra from cellphone data attributed to him and his ...
20 09 2017
Judiciary
STL quibbles over cellphone attributions
The attribution of cell phones to indicted suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minist...
12 09 2017
Human Rights
Ziad Doueiri à « L’OLJ » : Le Liban vous donne beaucoup de déceptions, mais en même temps beaucoup d
Il a tenu à être présent aux rendez-vous avec la presse malgré un petit r...
08 09 2017
Judiciary
STL: Hariri bodyguards’ families recall their despair
Before Feb. 14, 2005, Ihsan Nasser lived a comfortable life married to a senior security guard of fo...
07 09 2017
Refugees' rights
Le chant du cœur pour la vérité des parents de disparus
Odette Salem (fauchée par une voiture en mai 2009) met en marche un vieux disque, la premi&eg...
06 09 2017
Human Rights
Discussing democracy, human rights in digital age
Is there a technology that captures, in real time, how people think and feel about any topic? This w...
05 09 2017
Abolishing Slavery
Quelle alternative au système du garant au Liban ?
Chandra*, une employée de maison sri-lankaise, venue au Liban pour améliorer les condi...
31 08 2017
Human Rights
Day of the Disappeared marked in Lebanon
The International Day of the Disappeared was marked with several events around Beirut Wednesday with...
29 08 2017
Judiciary
STL: Victims’ grief, authorities’ mistakes
Abd Al-Hamid Mohammed Ghalayini left his home in Ras Beirut on Valentine’s Day 2005, heading t...
21 07 2017
Refugees' rights
Le dossier des apatrides refait surface, avec les naissances syriennes non enregistrées
Après avoir été enfoui pendant plusieurs années, le dossier des apatride...
20 07 2017
Refugees' rights
ISF arrests attackers of Syrian refugee in viral video
A group of men were arrested on suspicion they were behind the filmed assault of a Syrian national i...
19 07 2017
Enforced disappearances
Le 17 mars 1978 mon mari et moi avons disparu à Khiam
Je vivais avec mon mari Mohammad à Khiam, comme nous l'avons toujours fait. Mohammad y po...
15 07 2017
Women’s rights
Women's group condemns lack of minimum quota in vote law
The National Commission for Lebanese Women blasted the new vote law on Wednesday, saying it marginal...
11 07 2017
Judiciary
More Syrian detainees referred to the judiciary: Army
A score of Syrian nationals detained by the Lebanese Army last month following a raid in the northea...
11 07 2017
Detention & prison system
Lebanese journalist released after overnight detention
Lebanese journalist Fidaa Itani was released Tuesday following an interrogation at the Internal Secu...
07 07 2017
Human Rights
La commission parlementaire appelle à la construction de nouvelles prisons
Le président de la commission parlementaire des Droits de l'homme, Michel Moussa, a d&eac...
06 07 2017
Refugees' rights
Tensions rise as Cabinet postpones talks on Syrian refugees’ return
Despite Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s request to put aside controversial topics during Wednesda...
06 07 2017
Refugees' rights
Décès de quatre détenus syriens des ONG des droits de l’homme réclament une enquête officielle
Des associations de défense des droits de l'homme ont appelé hier à l'o...
04 07 2017
Judiciary
STL expert: Furniture delivery links phone to Merhi
Prosecution analyst Andrew Donaldson concluded his testimony on the “Purple 231” cellpho...
04 07 2017
Refugees' rights
Retour des déplacés privilégier l’ONU comme partenaire plutôt que Damas
Au raid de l'armée vendredi dernier dans un camp de déplacés syriens &agrav...
30 06 2017
Abolishing Slavery
Ethiopian worker commits suicide in south Lebanon
An Ethiopian domestic worker threw herself off the balcony of her employment agency Thursday. Lebane...
23 06 2017
Judiciary
Guterres reçoit la présidente du TSL L’impunité ne sera pas tolérée
En visite à New York, la présidente du Tribunal spécial pour le Liban (TSL), la...
19 06 2017
Human Rights
Après l’empoignade du Parlement, des activistes comptent intenter une action en justice
La violente empoignade qui a eu lieu vendredi place de l'Étoile entre des protestataires ...
10 06 2017
Refugees' rights
Refugee families leave Lebanon back to Syria
Several Syrian refugee families Saturday departed Lebanon at dawn to the Asal al-Ward area in northe...
06 06 2017
Women’s rights
Women’s quota on the agenda, but for later
With talk of an electoral law agreement in the making, the issue of a women’s quota is back in...
31 05 2017
Refugees' rights
Un ex-détenu en Syrie a dit à ma famille que j’y étais emprisonné
Je m'appelle Joseph.
Je suis né à Hasroun, un village du caza de Bécharr&e...
31 05 2017
Women’s rights
Les différents aspects de la violence sexuelle exercée contre la femme au Liban
Sandy (son nom d'emprunt) avait 5 ans lorsque son oncle paternel a commencé à abus...
25 05 2017
Torture
Anti-torture progress likely to be slow
Having appeared before the U.N. Committee Against Torture for the first time since adopting the trea...
18 05 2017
Judiciary
STL judge asks "Why now as defense seeks to disallow witness"
Two defense teams made their case to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Trial Chamber Wednesday on a m...
15 05 2017
LGBTQ+ Rights
L’obscurantisme a gagné la communauté gay interdite d’événement
La communauté homosexuelle du Liban (LGBTIQ) avait prévu une semaine de festivit&eacut...
13 05 2017
Torture
UN praises Lebanon for submission of torture report
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag Saturday praised Lebanon for submitting i...
13 05 2017
Detention & prison system
Lebanon's inmates go on hunger strike to demand general amnesty
Extremist cleric Sheikh Khaled Hoblos Saturday declared a mass hunger strike at Lebanese prisons to ...
10 05 2017
Refugees' rights
Iraqi refugee extradition ‘violates’ UNCAT
Iraqi refugee Zeyad al-Dolaee, charged by Iraqi authorities with terrorist activity, was extradited ...
04 05 2017
Women’s rights
Women's quota a 'national right': Ogasapian
Lebanon's Minister of State for Women's Affairs Jean Ogasapian Thursday said that a women...
03 05 2017
Judiciary
STL defense claims confirmation bias in cell analysis
During expert witness John Edward Philips’ testimony at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Tuesd...
27 04 2017
Judiciary
STL Defense questions expert on co-located phones
During cross-examination at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Wednesday, defense counselor Chad Mair ...
26 04 2017
Enforced disappearances
J’ai été enlevé à Barbir alors que je faisais le plein
Des milliers de personnes ont disparu pendant la guerre du Liban. Leur sort reste inconnu. Dans le c...
26 04 2017
Judiciary
Accuracy of cellphone-coverage maps contested
Special Tribunal for Lebanon defense counselor Chad Mair cross-examined expert witness John Edward P...
26 04 2017
Abolishing Slavery
Lebanon deporting migrant workers with kids
After a lull throughout most of 2015 and 2016, General Security has resumed deporting foreign domest...
26 04 2017
Right to fair trial
Court to forge ahead despite Assir’s refusal to cooperate
The trial of radical Islamic Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir will press on at the next session scheduled for M...
25 04 2017
Judiciary
STL single-user theory has holes, but still sound: witness
On his final day of answering prosecutors’ questions at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, expe...
24 04 2017
Human Rights
Georges Abdallah to go hunger strike in support of Palestinian prisoners
Leftist Lebanese prisoner Georges Abdallah Monday announced he will go on a three-day hunger strike ...
22 04 2017
Judiciary
Special Tribunal looks at ‘anomalies’ in call data
During testimony at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Friday, investigator John Edward Philips explai...
21 04 2017
Judiciary
STL Multiple phones likely used by single individual
At the Special Tribunal for Lebanon hearing Thursday, expert witness John Edward Philips gave eviden...
20 04 2017
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee crisis a trigger for mental health reform
In an indication that cataclysm can be a catalyst for progress, Lebanon’s Health Ministry has ...
20 04 2017
Judiciary
STL defense ends cross-examination of Platt with flourish
During their final day of cross-examination, defense counsel at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Wed...
19 04 2017
Enforced disappearances
Ma disponibilité à toujours vouloir aider les autres a causé ma disparition
Des milliers de personnes ont disparu pendant la guerre du Liban. Leur sort reste inconnu. Dans le c...
14 04 2017
Enforced disappearances
Disparus : « Nous avons le droit à la vérité... »
Les familles des victimes de disparition forcée appellent à signer une pétition...
14 04 2017
Detention & prison system
Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai washes feet of Roomier inmates
Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai washed the feet of 12 inmates during a Holy Thursday Mass held in Rou...
14 04 2017
Enforced disappearances
Red Cross calls for law to clarify fate of disappeared
On the 42nd anniversary of the beginning of Lebanon’s Civil War, the International Committee o...
12 04 2017
Enforced disappearances
J’ai été séparé de ma famille à un barrage, dans le quartier du Musée
Des milliers de personnes ont disparu pendant la guerre du Liban. Leur sort reste inconnu. Dans le c...
08 04 2017
Judiciary
STL defense examines false claim of responsibility
During cross-examination of investigator Gary Platt at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Friday David...
07 04 2017
Judiciary
STL defense questions Platt’s impartiality as expert witness
Defense Counselor David Young Thursday questioned expert witness Gary Platt’s previous testimo...
06 04 2017
Judiciary
STL defense homes in on cellphone use, attack logistics
Defense counsel Thomas Hannis’ cross-examination of expert witness Gary Platt at the Special T...
06 04 2017
Women’s rights
Rights activists meet ministry over crackdown
The “My Nationality is a Right for Me and My Family” campaign rallied Wednesday outsid...
05 04 2017
Enforced disappearances
« Nous avons disparu quelques jours avant mes noces »
Des milliers de personnes ont disparu pendant la guerre du Liban. Leur sort reste inconnu. Dans le c...
05 04 2017
Judiciary
STL Defense counse Many possible reasons for cellphone activity
Defense counsel Thomas Hannis detailed alternate explanations for evidence presented by expert witne...
05 04 2017
Judiciary
STL Defense counse Many possible reasons for cellphone activity
استأنف فريق الدفاع في غرفة الدرجة الأولى في المحكمة الدولية الخاصة بلبنان في لاهاي في جلستها أمس، اس...
01 04 2017
LGBTQ+ Rights
Femmes violées : tout sauf un poisson d’avril...*
Cela pourrait avoir l'air d'un poisson d'avril. Mais cela ne l'est absolument pas. C...
31 03 2017
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme : le Liban invité à adopter un mécanisme permanent pour mieux respecter ses engage
Une discussion a été engagée entre le nouveau ministère d'Éta...
31 03 2017
Human Rights
Selon ALEF, de légers progrès au Liban, mais des abus persistent dans plusieurs domaines
Le combat de l'ONG « Alef – Act for Human Rights » pour la défense des ...
31 03 2017
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme : le Liban invité à adopter un mécanisme permanent pour mieux respecter ses engage
- حض المكتب الإقليمي للمفوضية السامية للأمم المتحدة لحقوق الإنسان أمس، لبنان على إنشاء «آلية و...
29 03 2017
Refugees' rights
Au Parlement, un texte qui criminalise le mariage des mineurs
Une campagne publicitaire a été lancée par les Forces libanaises pour soutenir ...
29 03 2017
Enforced disappearances
J’ai disparu alors que je tentais de faire libérer mon cousin
Pour que la cause des personnes disparues au Liban ne tombe pas dans l'oubli, l'ONG Act for ...
29 03 2017
Judiciary
Activist Ahmad Amhaz released on bail, will still stand trial
Lebanese activist Ahmad Amhaz was released Thursday on a 500,000LL ($330) bail, following nine days ...
25 03 2017
Judiciary
STL defense pokes holes in Platt testimony
Defense counselor Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse contested Friday the legitimacy of evidence used by ex...
24 03 2017
Judiciary
STL defense focuses on gaps in cellphone data
Defense counselor Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse pressed the issue of gaps in cellphone data Thursday w...
24 03 2017
Women’s rights
Draft marriage age law headed for Parliament
A draft law to establish the legal age of marriage in Lebanon at 18 will be presented to Cabinet nex...
23 03 2017
Judiciary
Defense questions accuracy of cellphone coverage maps in STL
Defense counselor Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse questioned expert witness Gary Platt on the accuracy o...
22 03 2017
Enforced disappearances
Pour mes filles, la fête des Mères reste une date insupportable
Pour que la cause des personnes disparues au Liban ne tombe pas dans l'oubli, l'ONG Act for ...
16 03 2017
Human Rights
Platt: Activity around media tipoff no coincidence
The organization of the false claim of responsibility following the assassination of former Prime Mi...
15 03 2017
Refugees' rights
Nous aurions disparu lors du massacre de Sabra et Chatila
Pour que la cause des personnes disparues au Liban ne tombe pas dans l'oubli, l'ONG Act for ...
15 03 2017
Refugees' rights
France to resettle 500 refugees from Lebanon
President Francois Hollande Tuesday inked an agreement to resettle 500 refugees, mostly Syrians, fro...
14 03 2017
Judiciary
STL witness details van’s movement on day of Hariri murder
Investigator Gary Platt’s testimony at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Monday addressed activ...
13 03 2017
LGBTQ+ Rights
Pour en finir avec la marginalisation de la communauté LGBT...
La semaine du 11 au 17 mars sera dédiée à une série de conférence...
10 03 2017
Judiciary
Platt: Hariri watched by hit group two days before killing
Special Tribunal for Lebanon witness Gary Platt detailed surveillance strategies used to tail former...
08 03 2017
Human Rights
« J’ai disparu en essayant de fuir le camp de Tall ez-Zaatar »
Pour que la cause des personnes disparues au Liban ne tombe pas dans l'oubli, l'ONG Act for ...
08 03 2017
Human Rights
« On m’appelle Madame Quota »
Femme non conventionnelle et persévérante. C'est ainsi que se présente &agr...
08 03 2017
Judiciary
STL tackles Syria involvement in Hariri assassination
The potential involvement of Syrian intelligence in the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri...
08 03 2017
Women’s rights
Four women talk to mark International Women’s Day
The idea of an international day for women was first tabled in 1910 by a German female political act...
07 03 2017
Judiciary
Platt focuses on call patterns, STL secret witness speaks
Testimony at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Monday further discussed how patterns of telecoms data...
06 03 2017
Refugees' rights
Syrians who obtain work permits in Lebanon risk losing refugee aid
Labor Minister Mohammad Kabbara Monday agreed with the UNHCR to grant Syrian refugees in Lebanon wor...
06 03 2017
Women’s rights
Ogasapian launches International Women's Day in ESCWA
Minister of State for Women’s Affairs Jean Ogasapian Monday pledged his full support to women ...
02 03 2017
Human Rights
Experts warn against waste incineration
Incineration as a waste disposal method is both expensive and environmental hazardous when not done ...
01 03 2017
Human Rights
Mes rêves ont été interrompus en 1979
Pour que la cause des personnes disparues au Liban ne tombe pas dans l'oubli, l'ONG Act for ...
28 02 2017
Human Rights
Activists reject child marriage draft law
Activists Monday decried a proposed draft law on child marriage that proposes judges approve request...
25 02 2017
Judiciary
STL Hariri was watched from nearby
Covert cellular phone networks investigator Gary Platt returned to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ...
24 02 2017
Human Rights
STL charts alleged surveillance of Hariri’s moves
Investigator Gary Platt’s testimony at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Thursday provided furt...
23 02 2017
Judiciary
STL hears how plot suspects appear to scope attack sites
Investigator Gary Platt’s testimony at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Wednesday detailed the...
23 02 2017
Human Rights
Child Rights Toolkit out in Lebanon
“Everywhere around us, everyday Children are denied their rights,” Tanya Chapuisat, UNIC...
22 02 2017
Judiciary
After silence, STL judge goes to objections
After not addressing the issue for several weeks, Trial Chamber President David Re dealt with a stri...
22 02 2017
Refugees' rights
UNHCR contracts new TPA to handle refugee health
A new company has been awarded a contract with the U.N. to manage health coverage for Syrian refugee...
21 02 2017
Judiciary
Roux à « L’OLJ » : Nul ne pourra reprocher au TSL d’avoir failli à l’impératif d’un procès équitable
En visite à Beyrouth la semaine dernière, le chef du bureau de la défense du Tr...
17 02 2017
Judiciary
STL testimony details assassination ‘setup phase’
Investigator Gary Platt’s testimony Thursday at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon honed in on t...
16 02 2017
Freedom of expression
Waël Kheir : Gare aux dérapages en cas de limitation de la liberté d’expression
Le directeur de la FDHDH estime qu'à travers l'agression contre al-Jadeed, Amal a vou...
16 02 2017
Refugees' rights
HRW applaudit à la suppression d’une taxe supportée par les réfugiés syriens
Human Rights Watch a exprimé sa satisfaction après la suppression par les autorit&eacu...
16 02 2017
Detention & prison system
Après seize mois de détention, Nizar Zakka reçoit la visite de l’ambassadeur libanais à Téhéran
Nizar Zakka, prisonnier libanais en Iran, a reçu la visite, pour la première fois, hie...
16 02 2017
Refugees' rights
General Security waives residency fee for over million registered Syrian refugees
Over a million Syrian refugees in Lebanon will no longer have to pay a $200 renewal fee required to ...
16 02 2017
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees fewer in 2016, but challenges greater: UNHCR
Despite a small decrease in the overall number of registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon, the vulnera...
16 02 2017
Judiciary
Expert acquaints STL with rationale of holistic analysis
During investigator Gary Platt’s testimony at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Wednesday, the ...
14 02 2017
Refugees' rights
Iraqi Christian refugees protest, seeking resettlement
Dozens of Iraqi Christian refugees in Lebanon protested outside the U.N. building in Downtown Beirut...
14 02 2017
Judiciary
STL witness details covert cellular network strategies
Witness Gary Platt testified Monday on strategies allegedly used to maintain covert cellular network...
14 02 2017
Detention & prison system
Families of detainees protest for amnesty
Families of dozens of Islamist prisoners staged a protest Monday in the northern city of Tripoli, de...
09 02 2017
Human Rights
STL testimony emphasizes coordination among cellular networks
Testimony from covert cellular network expert Gary Platt at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Wednesd...
08 02 2017
Judiciary
STL questions usage of unsecured phone group
Telecoms investigator Gary Platt testified for the sixth consecutive session at the Special Tribunal...
07 02 2017
Human Rights
Defense objects to questioning of cellular data witness: STL
Defense counselors questioned the prosecution’s examination of witness Gary Platt at the Speci...
03 02 2017
Refugees' rights
Hariri launches census of Palestinian refugees
Prime Minister Saad Hariri reiterated the importance of the right of return for Palestinians Thursda...
02 02 2017
Refugees' rights
Why refugees should register marriages
In a single-story concrete shelter on the outskirts of Zahle, a field officer with the Norwegian Ref...
31 01 2017
Women’s rights
Judge’s ruling ‘major step forward’ for sexual rights movement
A recent ruling by a Metn judge that has set a new precedent for court cases against LGBT individual...
31 01 2017
Judiciary
You Stink protesters appear in military court
Fourteen civilians and one soldier appeared before Beirut’s Military Tribunal Monday morning o...
28 01 2017
Judiciary
STL covers coordination and communication
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard Friday further evidence from investigator Gary Platt on the c...
27 01 2017
Human Rights
HRW : Le Liban devrait mettre fin aux procès militaires pour les civils
Le Liban a jugé des centaines de civils, dont des mineurs, devant des tribunaux militaires en...
25 01 2017
Judiciary
Dispute arises over investigator’s qualifications at STL
The use of testimony given to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon by investigator Gary Platt sparked a ...
18 01 2017
Enforced disappearances
« En 1993, j’ai été kidnappé au cœur de Damas, en plein jour »
Pour que la cause des personnes disparues au Liban ne tombe pas dans l'oubli, l'ONG Act for ...
17 01 2017
Refugees' rights
L’aide alimentaire aux réfugiés, une manne pour les commerçants libanais
Un programme onusien lancé en 2012 permet à 750 000 réfugiés syriens de ...
13 01 2017
Human Rights
Human rights deteriorated in Lebanon in 2016: HRW
A major international rights group Thursday called on the Lebanese government to reform human rights...
12 01 2017
Judiciary
Focus on Ogero ongoing at STL
Ogero employees were questioned at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Tuesday as defense counselors wo...
11 01 2017
LGBTQ+ Rights
Levée de fonds sur le net pour Suzy, une transgenre sans abri
Lancée il y a quelques jours sur internet, une levée de fonds pour une des premi&egrav...
16 12 2016
Torture
New report casts doubt on Lebanon’s steps to end torture
BEIRUT: Despite recent positive steps taken to prevent the use of torture by security forces, a new ...
16 12 2016
Torture
Rapport accablant du CLDH sur la torture dans les centres de détention
Soixante pour cent des personnes arrêtées au Liban sur une année sont soumises &...
14 07 2016
Refugees' rights
Facebook makes life easier for 30,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon: UNHCR
BEIRUT: Syrian refugees in Lebanon are increasingly using Facebook to seek tips on enrolling in scho...
13 07 2016
Enforced disappearances
« J’avais 25 ans lorsque j’ai disparu, le samedi noir »
Mon nom est Ali.
Lorsque la guerre a éclaté, je travaillais au port de Beyrouth. ...
13 07 2016
Freedom of expression
Arrest warrant issued against Al-Akhbar journalist for 'inciting murder'
BEIRUT: A Beirut court issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for a Lebanese journalist accused of "...
13 07 2016
Judiciary
Special Tribunal resumes hearings after three week suspension
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed hearings Tuesday after having been suspended since ...
12 07 2016
Judiciary
STL halts legal proceedings against Badreddine
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced Monday that it had halted legal proceedings again...
11 07 2016
Refugees' rights
North Lebanon landowner evicts Syrian refugees
BEIRUT: A landowner in a northern Lebanon town has evicted numerous Syrian refugees who were living ...
05 07 2016
Torture
Law fails to expunge police torture
BEIRUT: “You get the slap before the hello,” said a former inmate, who preferred to rema...
30 06 2016
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés syriens le risque de l’effet boomerang
On n'aura même pas attendu les résultats de l'enquête après la s&e...
27 06 2016
Enforced disappearances
Le CICR et la Croix-Rouge libanaise à la recherche des migrants portés disparus
Trace the face (Tracer le visage). C'est à travers cet outil diffusé sur les r&eac...
27 06 2016
Torture
Lassen salue les efforts fournis par le Liban dans la lutte contre la torture
La chef de la Délégation de l'Union européenne au Liban, Christina Lassen, ...
25 06 2016
Refugees' rights
UNRWA cites progress in talks over Palestinians from Syria
BEIRUT: Ongoing talks between the U.N. and the Palestinian factions are making progress on issues fa...
25 06 2016
Human Rights
Le CDR pris la main dans le sac... poubelle
Le Conseil du développement et de la reconstruction (CDR) était au centre des dé...
24 06 2016
Women’s rights
Husband’s affair leads to wife’s murder
BEIRUT: Mount Lebanon Investigative Judge Rami Abdallah recommended the death penalty for Filipina J...
23 06 2016
Abolishing Slavery
Ethiopian maid commits suicide in Zgharta
BEIRUT: A maid committed suicide Wednesday by consuming a poisonous substance in the northern Lebane...
23 06 2016
Judiciary
STL on hold pending ruling on Badreddine
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon has been placed on hold until an appeals chamber rules whet...
23 06 2016
Human Rights
Insan dénonce les atteintes aux libertés de mouvement des employées de maison migrantes
« La SG refuse de renouveler les permis de séjour des travailleuses domestiques qui ne ...
22 06 2016
Enforced disappearances
Ce pays que j’ai tant aimé m’a aujourd’hui abandonné
Pour que la cause des personnes disparues au Liban ne tombe pas dans l'oubli, l'ONG Act for ...
22 06 2016
Human Rights
Long road ahead for prevention, prosecution of human trafficking
BEIRUT: Despite the legal framework in Lebanon to assist victims of human trafficking and prosecute ...
22 06 2016
Right to fair trial
Resigned Lebanon justice minister calls for abolishing death penalty
BEIRUT: Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi Wednesday praised the important strides made in Lebano...
22 06 2016
Women’s rights
More women elected in municipal polls
BEIRUT: Some 600 women were elected to municipal councils during recent elections – a 15 perce...
22 06 2016
Human Rights
Le barrage de Janné sera-t-il au menu de la réunion du Conseil des ministres
Il n'est pas certain que la très polémique question du barrage de Janné ser...
15 06 2016
Human Rights
Will new landfills create a crisis for locals’ health
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s trash crisis was believed to have come to an end after the government approv...
15 06 2016
Refugees' rights
UNRWA changes health policy, angering Palestinians
BEIRUT: The implementation of a revised health care funding policy by UNRWA on June 1 was met with s...
14 06 2016
Refugees' rights
Hazem, onze ans, réfugié syrien, est l’homme de la famille
À Tripoli, de nombreux enfants, réfugiés syriens, travaillent pour aider leur f...
12 06 2016
Abolishing Slavery
Ethiopian national jumps from balcony in Tripoli
BEIRUT: An Ethiopian national allegedly jumped from the balcony of her employer's house in the n...
11 06 2016
Human Rights
Failure to accommodate disabled voters at polls sparks ire
BEIRUT: During recent municipal elections, monitors documented a total of 646 different violations a...
11 06 2016
Human Rights
Les « municipales de l’humiliation » pour les handicapés et les personnes âgées
Un rapport accablant de la Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union rendu public hier recense 646 infract...
11 06 2016
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés syriens : lancement d’un appel aux donateurs à honorer rapidement leurs engagements
Les pays donateurs du congrès qui s'est tenu à Londres le 4 février dernier...
08 06 2016
Refugees' rights
Refugees seek help in chronic health issues
ZAHRANI, Lebanon: “Mom, when will I see you? I want to remove the eye patch,” 4-year-old...
07 06 2016
Refugees' rights
Hunger and rodents greet NGO head visiting refugees
AQBIYEH, Lebanon: The head of a French NGO operating in Lebanon called on his government Monday to i...
03 06 2016
Refugees' rights
Ricky Martin Visits Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon
Ricky Martin, the world-renowned singer and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, said that the word "ref...
03 06 2016
Refugees' rights
AUB and UNRWA Launch Survey on the Socioeconomic Status of Palestine Refugees in Lebanon
NNA - Today, the American University of Beirut (AUB), together with the United Nations Relief and Wo...
02 06 2016
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee crisis cost Lebanon USD 10B: Hajj Hasan
BEIRUT: Industry Minister Hussein Hajj Hasan Thursday revealed that the Syrian refugee crisis has co...
02 06 2016
Judiciary
STL to go on with Badreddine case
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon ruled Wednesday that it would not terminate its case agains...
01 06 2016
Judiciary
No independent evidence of Badreddine’s death: STL
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon deliberated Tuesday whether it should terminate the prosecu...
01 06 2016
Human Rights
Des alternatives au barrage de Janné pourraient être proposées dans les prochains jours
Ce n'est plus le sang d'Adonis qui, selon la légende, empourpre le lit du fleuve Nahr...
29 05 2016
Detention & prison system
105 violations, 4 arrests in north Lebanon polls
More than 100 violations have been recorded and four people arrested during the fourth and final rou...
27 05 2016
Detention & prison system
Inmates protest at Roumieh after prisoner’s death
Inmates at Roumieh Prison Thursday launched a protest and accused security forces of negligence afte...
26 05 2016
Detention & prison system
Death of suspected extremist in Lebanese prison sparks protest
Inmates at the notorious Roumieh Prison Thursday launched a protest and accused security forces of n...
18 05 2016
LGBTQ+ Rights
LebMASH: Persecution and marginalization of LGBT people have serious consequences on health
On this International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Lebanese Medical Association ...
17 05 2016
Judiciary
STL awaits confirmation of Badreddine's death, adjourns session
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Tuesday delayed a decision to continue the case against Mustafa Bad...
16 05 2016
LGBTQ+ Rights
LBGT activists stage rare Lebanon sit-in
Some 50 activists backing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community staged a rare ...
16 05 2016
Abolishing Slavery
Maid to Measure: Lebanon Domestics Take to the Catwalk
Anna Fernando struts down the black-and-white tiles of a trendy coffee shop in the Lebanese capital,...
11 05 2016
Human Rights
World humanitarian summit: Investing in humanity
In some parts of the world, it is still not a given that every child has the right to education. Des...
09 05 2016
Human Rights
Les handicapés, laissés-pour-compte du scrutin
Les années passent et certaines anomalies restent inchangées. De scrutin en scrutin, l...
08 05 2016
Human Rights
Handicapped voters facing obstacles at Lebanon polling stations
Handicapped voters in Beirut, the Bekaa Valley and Baalbek-Hermel taking part in Sunday's local ...
06 05 2016
Refugees' rights
Palestinians protest for 2nd day UNRWA health care changes
Palestinian groups closed the office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in south Lebanon ...
05 05 2016
Refugees' rights
Derbas calls on international community to help refugees
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas warned Thursday that Lebanon’s future is in danger becau...
04 05 2016
Judiciary
Lengthy cross-examination crawls on at the STL
The cross-examination of an Alfa network representative resumed Tuesday at the Special Tribunal for ...
21 04 2016
Freedom of expression
Libération de la mère et des journalistes australiens complices
Sally Faulkner, la femme australienne qui avait été arrêtée pour avoir te...
21 04 2016
Judiciary
Defense begins cross-examination of Alfa witness at STL
Defense lawyers at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon began the cross-examination of an anonymous repr...
20 04 2016
Abolishing Slavery
Domestic worker throws herself off balcony north of Beirut
An Ethiopian maid was critically wounded Wednesday after she threw herself off a balcony in the city...
15 04 2016
Judiciary
STL defends slow pace of proceedings
Special Tribunal for Lebanon President Judge Ivana Hrdlickov? defended the trial’s slow pace o...
08 04 2016
Judiciary
Defense opens in controversialAl-Akhbar case at STL
Attorneys at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon began their defense of Al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief Ibrah...
07 04 2016
Detention & prison system
Lebanon detains Australian TV crew after abduction of 2 children
Internal Security Forces said Thursday that four Australian nationals have been detained in Lebanon ...
07 04 2016
Human Rights
NGO to be honored for education work
The United Lebanon Youth Project will be honored later this month at the 18th annual Khalil Gibran &...
07 04 2016
Enforced disappearances
À l’occasion du 13 avril, le dossier des disparus ressurgit de l’oubli
La commission parlementaire des Droits de l'homme, réunie hier sous la présidence ...
06 04 2016
Human Rights
Lebanon Labor Ministry penalizes employment offices over violations
Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi announced Wednesday the cancellation of licenses for employment offices a...
06 04 2016
Judiciary
STL prosecution ‘expert’ defends credentials
A former investigator with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecution testified to his exp...
05 04 2016
Refugees' rights
UN agency launches school meals programme for Lebanese and Syrian children
A carton of milk or juice, locally-baked snacks and a piece of fruit are included in a school lunch ...
30 03 2016
Enforced disappearances
Fatima al-Ali: When a mother and her four children vanished
This is the 10th of a series of articles that are published by The Daily Star every Wednesday as par...
30 03 2016
Refugees' rights
Change and Reform bloc rejects Syrian refugee naturalization
The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc Tuesday rejected the possibility of Syrian refugees becomin...
23 03 2016
Enforced disappearances
« Je devais appeler ma femme à mon arrivée dans la Békaa, je ne l’ai jamais fait »
À l'âge de 38 ans, j'étais marié et père de quatre enfants...
22 03 2016
Refugees' rights
Sous leur tente de réfugiés, Chadi invente une machine à laver et Chadia des histoires d’amour
Douris est un village de la Békaa, non loin de la frontière avec la Syrie. Ici, de nom...
21 03 2016
Refugees' rights
Refugees turn to smugglers after border crackdown
The Beirut-Damascus International Highway cuts through mountainous terrain to the official Masnaa cr...
21 03 2016
Women’s rights
Sit-in pour l’adoption d’une loi sur le recouvrement de la nationalité
Près de 2 000 personnes ont participé hier au sit-in organisé par la campa...
16 03 2016
Enforced disappearances
« J’avais 17 ans le jour où j’ai été enlevé »
J'avais 17 ans le jour où on m'a demandé de descendre du taxi. C'ét...
11 03 2016
Refugees' rights
Scolarisation des réfugiés syriens : Franc succès dans l’éducation de base, mais peu d’adeptes chez
Bilan positif pour la campagne « Back to School » (Retour à l'&eacu...
08 03 2016
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee cash assistance scheme in the spotlight
Cash assistance has offered a vital lifeline to the most destitute Syrian households in the country ...
07 03 2016
Human Rights
Aux saboteurs de la République... Afin que le dossier des déchets ne tombe pas dans l’oubli
237e jour du scandale des déchets
Depuis plusieurs années, ils se livrent à un...
07 03 2016
Women’s rights
Hundreds mark Women’s Day with Jezzine tree planting
Around 500 volunteers, most of them women, came together from different Lebanese areas, including Ra...
06 03 2016
Judiciary
Health ministry penalizes Mt. Lebanon town for burning trash
The Health Ministry Sunday issued a penalty against a Mount Lebanon municipality for dumping and bur...
05 03 2016
Judiciary
Military Tribunal postpones espionage hearing
The permanent Military Tribunal Friday postponed the trial of four citizens accused of spying for Is...
05 03 2016
Refugees' rights
U.N. chief allays Lebanon’s fears over refugee settlement
The permanent settlement of Syrian refugees is a choice left up to the host country, U.N. Secretary-...
04 03 2016
Refugees' rights
Palestinians in east Lebanon accuse UNRWA of 'conspiracy'
Residents of a Palestinian refugee camp in east Lebanon marched to protest the U.N. Relief and Works...
04 03 2016
Human Rights
La femme arabe et l’émancipation : un si long chemin...
La Commission économique et sociale des Nations unies pour l'Asie occidentale (Cesao), en...
03 03 2016
Human Rights
Salam Issues Stiff Warning on Waste Crisis
Prime Minister Tammam Salam warned cabinet ministers on Thursday that he would not call for a cabine...
02 03 2016
Judiciary
Financial Prosecutor Sues Sukleen on Charges of 'Squandering Public Funds'
Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim has filed a lawsuit against the Sukleen and Sukomi firms on charges...
01 03 2016
Detention & prison system
Roumieh Prison fraudsters handed sentences
The Military court Monday handed down an 18-month prison sentence to a man convicted of running a de...
01 03 2016
Abolishing Slavery
Migrant Community Center opens in Sidon
In an ambience of solidarity, dozens of people gathered to commence the opening of the Migrant Commu...
01 03 2016
Judiciary
The trial of Ibrahim al-Amin and Al-Akhbar
On Wednesday, 24 February, the contempt trial of Ibrahim al-Amin, editor-in-chief of Lebanese newspa...
29 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Study shows Syrian influx poses enormous environmental risks
Lebanon last year witnessed a random increase in makeshift camps for Syrian refugees which significa...
29 02 2016
Human Rights
Kataeb youth demonstration demands end to trash crisis
Kataeb Party youth protested Sunday against Lebanon’s ongoing trash crisis, lashing out at the...
25 02 2016
Human Rights
Stateless children and their lost rights
The dilemma of stateless Lebanese children should be fixed through legislative solutions and a new p...
24 02 2016
Human Rights
Two arrested in Bekaa for scamming Syrian refugees
General Security arrested two men accused of scamming Syrian refugees through a fake travel agency t...
23 02 2016
Human Rights
AUBMC announces new children’s mental health fund
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program at the American University of Beirut Medical Center has ...
23 02 2016
Human Rights
Fears over Closure of Karantina Dumpster Threaten Capital
Lebanon's capital will likely once again witness the piling of garbage on its streets if a subst...
23 02 2016
Human Rights
Majdalyoun Municipality penalized for burning trash
Health Ministry inspectors Monday issued a penalty against a municipality in south Lebanon for burni...
22 02 2016
Human Rights
Bangladeshis celebrate their mother tongue
Scores of Bangladeshis gathered at their embassy in Beirut Sunday to celebrate International Mother ...
20 02 2016
Human Rights
Qui a dit que les solutions environnementales n’existent pas ?
Comme prévu, la compagnie Chinook – qui était choisie pour exporter les dé...
20 02 2016
Human Rights
Lebanon activists vow to fight landfill plans
Dozens of protesters gathered in Downtown Beirut Saturday to remind politicians of their opposition ...
19 02 2016
Freedom of expression
Draft proposal on media freedom sparks lively debate
A group of media experts discussed Thursday a “Draft Declaration on Media Freedom in the Arab ...
19 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Palestinians in Lebanon press UNRWA demands to EU
Palestinians Friday took their demands for a U.N. aid agency to reverse cuts in medical services to ...
19 02 2016
Human Rights
Defense calls for mapping data to be disallowed
A representative from the Alfa network concluded lengthy and hotly contested testimony before the Sp...
18 02 2016
Human Rights
You Stink calls for decentralization of waste sector
The You Stink campaign Thursday called on Prime Minister Tammam Salam to grant municipalities full a...
18 02 2016
Judiciary
Judge berates minor at terror trial
Ten minutes into his trial terror suspect Mourad H. was dismissed by the Military Court for deceit. ...
18 02 2016
Refugees' rights
UNRWA concerned about over 20,000 "inaccessible" Palestinian civilians in southern Syria
UNRWA in a statement yesterday expressed its concern about the plight of over twenty thousand civili...
17 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Palestinians block UNRWA training center southeast of Beirut
Palestinian refugees held a demonstration Wednesday outside a U.N. training center southeast of Beir...
17 02 2016
Human Rights
Study to resume on Syrian refugee impact on Lebanon's environment
The Environment Ministry announced Wednesday its decision to resume a study concerning the impact of...
17 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Lebanon can no longer handle refugee crisis
Fragile host communities like Lebanon’s can no longer cope with the lengthy Syrian crisis, Soc...
16 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Palestinian begins hunger strike over UNRWA cuts
A Palestinian man began an open hunger strike Monday in south Lebanon in protest over recent aid cut...
16 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Moqbel calls on EU for Syrian refugees aid
Lebanon’s defense minister urged the European Union to speed up assistance for the huge number...
13 02 2016
Women’s rights
Gemayel stands up for equal rights for women
Kataeb Party leader Sami Gemayel said women must have equal opportunities to work in a multitude of ...
12 02 2016
Judiciary
STL defense challenges Alfa technical expert over reliability of assertions
A representative of the Alfa cellular network Thursday detailed his company’s evolving infrast...
11 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Palestinian protesters block U.N. office
A handful of Palestinians blocked the entrance to a Beirut UNRWA office Wednesday to protest the rec...
08 02 2016
Human Rights
Inauguration à Nabatiyé d’un centre de gestion des déchets solides, financé par l’UE
Le ministre d'État pour la Réforme administrative (Omsar), Nabil de Freige, et l&#...
08 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Saudi Arabia donates $59 million to UN agency assisting Palestine refugees
Shelters, schools and health centres in Gaza, the West Bank and Jordan will benefit from $59 million...
08 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Dar al-Fatwa distributes aid to Syrian refugees
The Relief Commission and Humanitarian Aid Association at Dar al-Fatwa distributed assistance to Syr...
06 02 2016
Human Rights
Waste-treatment plant opens in south
A European Union-funded waste treatment plant opened Friday in the south Lebanon village of Kfour, i...
06 02 2016
Human Rights
Dozens denounce trash export deal in Downtown Beirut
Dozens of protesters converged in Downtown Beirut Saturday despite a downpour and periods of gusty w...
05 02 2016
Human Rights
Le dossier des personnes disparues au Liban piétine, par manque de volonté politique
Depuis le début de la guerre civile, plus de 70 000 personnes ont été port...
05 02 2016
Refugees' rights
EU Ambassador Says Refugees Won’t Return Soon even if there were Peace
The head of the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, Ambassador Christina Lassen, has said t...
04 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Nearly 50 Syrians arrested for illegal entry, stay in Lebanon
The Lebanese Army has arrested nearly 50 Syrian nationals in different areas of the country for ille...
04 02 2016
Human Rights
Military Court Seeks to Issue Final Verdict against Samaha to Thwart Case's Transfer
The Military Court of Cassation will likely issue its final verdict against former Information Minis...
04 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Syrian Family Travels from Lebanon to Italy in 1st Humanitarian Airlift
A 7-year-old Syrian girl suffering from a rare form of cancer arrived in Italy on Thursday, the firs...
03 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee teachers help keep kids taught
In the refugee camp in eastern Lebanon where Fatima Khaled lives with her two daughters, only three ...
03 02 2016
Refugees' rights
EU Ambassador Christina Lassen Meets Syrian Refugees in Akkar
Ambassador Christina Lassen, head of the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, visited Wednes...
02 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Syrian women refugees exploited: Amnesty
A new report released by Amnesty International Tuesday highlights how the lack of international fund...
02 02 2016
Human Rights
Azzi : Nous refusons que l’aide internationale soit liée à l’intégration des réfugiés dans le monde
« Pour le peuple libanais, le fait de lier le versement de l'aide aux réfugi&e...
02 02 2016
Refugees' rights
Amnesty: Syria Refugee Women in Lebanon Face Abuse, Exploitation
Tightened restrictions and plummeting international aid have left Syrian refugee women in Lebanon mo...
30 01 2016
Judiciary
STL resumes public hearings with Alfa witness
After a week of closed sessions, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed public proceedings Friday ...
28 01 2016
Human Rights
L’émergence d’une nouvelle entreprise relancera-t-elle le débat en Conseil des ministres ?
Cela est sur toutes les lèvres depuis quelque temps : le processus du choix des soci&eac...
28 01 2016
Human Rights
Aux saboteurs de la République... Afin que le dossier des déchets ne tombe pas dans l’oubli
197e jour du scandale des déchets
Depuis plusieurs années, ils se livrent à un...
28 01 2016
Refugees' rights
UNRWA offices in Beirut, S. Lebanon forced to shut down
Palestinian factions Thursday forced the closure of two offices for the U.N. Relief Works Agency in ...
28 01 2016
Refugees' rights
UK to take in some refugee children separated from families
Britain will take in an unspecified number of migrant children who have been separated from their pa...
27 01 2016
Human Rights
One in nine children globally live in conflict zones
Some 250 million children – one in nine children worldwide – live in countries affected ...
27 01 2016
Judiciary
STL holds fifth consecutive day of confidential proceedings
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon held a closed session Tuesday, its fifth consecutive day of confide...
27 01 2016
Refugees' rights
Elearning centers to be set-up inside Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon
An innovative elearning solution was launched by ITWORX Education in September for underserved ...
26 01 2016
Detention & prison system
Roumieh Prisoner Stabs another Inmate to Death
The Internal Security Forces said on Tuesday that a Palestinian has stabbed to death a Lebanese inma...
26 01 2016
Human Rights
Une « feuille de route » signée par 128 ONG
Un groupe de 128 ONG et rassemblements d'ONG a publié hier une « feuille de ro...
26 01 2016
Refugees' rights
Derbas: Lebanon rebuffs U.K. call to ease refugee restrictions
The Lebanese government will spurn a U.K. request to loosen its restrictions on Syrian labor, Social...
25 01 2016
Refugees' rights
5 Syrians Arrested for Illegally Entering Lebanon
The army announced on Sunday that it has arrested a number of Syrians for attempting to illegally en...
25 01 2016
Refugees' rights
Palestinians shut Ain al-Hilweh UN office
Protesters Monday shut a U.N. refugee office in a south Lebanon Palestinian camp to pressure it to r...
24 01 2016
Accountability
Trash crisis: "We Want Accountability" calls for announcing health emergency in Lebanon
The activists of "We Want Accountability" Movement observed a sit-in in front of the Minis...
23 01 2016
Human Rights
Activists urge Abu Faour to declare emergency over trash crisis
Activists Saturday demanded that Health Minister Wael Abu Faour declare a state of public health eme...
23 01 2016
Refugees' rights
UNRWA health cuts spark fears of agency’s closure
Mohammad looks completely healthy at first glance. A 5-year-old Palestinian boy with fair skin and a...
23 01 2016
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee situation deteriorating: UNHCR chief
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi highlighted the deteriorating situation...
23 01 2016
Refugees' rights
What refugees tell us about Arab states
How should we view and respond to the growing flood of refugees and migrants from the Middle East? I...
21 01 2016
Human Rights
Solution for the ongoing garbage crisis in Lebanon
Dealing with garbage removal requires a more comprehensive solution than just collecting and treatin...
21 01 2016
Refugees' rights
Over 100 humanitarian, UN agencies call for Syria ceasefire, end of sieges
More than 100 humanitarian and U.N. agencies called Thursday for an end to the war in Syria, appeali...
18 01 2016
Detention & prison system
Future, March 14 vow to revoke Samaha’s release
Outraged by the Military Tribunal’s decision to release former Information Minister Michel Sam...
15 01 2016
LGBTQ+ Rights
Tunisia: LGBT rights group Schams suspended
The Tunisian authorities’ decision to suspend the activities of the LGBT rights group Shams is...
14 01 2016
Detention & prison system
18 Arrested, 4 Injured as Activists Storm Environment Ministry
Demonstrators and security forces scuffled outside the environment ministry in Beirut on Thursday af...
13 01 2016
Judiciary
STL opens 2016 with evidence from investigator
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon opened 2016 with evidence from prosecutorial investigator Alasdair ...
13 01 2016
Refugees' rights
U.N. Gets $250 Million to Educate Syrian Children, Brown Hails Lebanon Success Story
Donors have pledged $250 million to educate over one million Syrian children this year but an additi...
13 01 2016
Refugees' rights
Lebanon Accused of Turning Back Syrian Refugees, General Security Denies
After taking in more than a million Syrian refugees, Lebanon has quietly changed course in recent mo...
12 01 2016
Refugees' rights
Meeting prepares for refugee aid conference
Prime Minister Tammam Salam chaired a meeting Monday for a ministerial committee following up on the...
08 01 2016
Refugees' rights
Human Rights Watch Says Lebanon 'Forcibly Returned' Over 100 Syrians from Beirut Airport
Lebanese authorities “forcibly returned” more than 100 Syrians to Syria on two separate ...
19 12 2015
Refugees' rights
La violence contre les femmes au centre d’un forum à Baabda
La Commission nationale de la femme libanaise a organisé hier, au centre de formation qui lui...
18 12 2015
Freedom of expression
Activists call for protest Monday in Downtown Beirut over garbage crisis
An activist group has called for a protest for Monday outside the Grand Serail to denounce the gover...
18 12 2015
Human Rights
À quand une réelle inclusion des handicapés ?
Un projet sur l'inclusion des handicapés dans la société a été...
18 12 2015
Refugees' rights
Commission details abuse in Syrian refugee families
More than half of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon said that domestic and sexual abuse along with ear...
18 12 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanon, U.N. seek $2.48B to address refugee crisis
Lebanon and the United Nations are pleading for $2.48 billion from the international community to fi...
17 12 2015
Human Rights
You Stink to get answers over corruption
“You Stink” co-founder Assaad Thebian declared Wednesday that Financial Prosecutor Ali I...
17 12 2015
Judiciary
STL ends proceedings for 2015, doubt cast over analyst claims
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon concluded its proceedings for 2015 Wednesday with defense attorneys...
16 12 2015
Human Rights
One in four Lebanese live in poverty
Lebanon is an “upper middle income” economy, in the hermetic parlance of international d...
16 12 2015
Judiciary
Another Issa acquaintance testifies at STL
Prosecutors at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon marched out another former acquaintance of Sami Issa...
16 12 2015
Judiciary
TSL : Badreddine, l’homme aux multiples facettes, raconté par un témoin
L'une des multiples facettes de Sami Issa – alias Moustapha Badreddine, l'un des cinq ...
15 12 2015
Detention & prison system
Lebanon arrests NGO worker over suspected ties to militants
General Security Tuesday arrested an NGO worker over suspected ties to an unnamed militant group, th...
15 12 2015
Human Rights
Chehayeb waiting for answers on how to fund trash export
Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb said Monday that the ministerial committee overseeing the countr...
15 12 2015
Judiciary
At tribunal, defense has a go at interrogating Issa’s friend
Defense counselors for defendant Mustafa Badreddine cross examined a onetime friend of Sami Issa bef...
15 12 2015
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés au Liban, les syriaques-orthodoxes d’Irak et de Syrie vivent dans une misère discrète
Samedi dernier, les femmes de la Ligue syriaque-orthodoxe ont organisé un déjeuner de ...
14 12 2015
Human Rights
Climate deal to spare Lebanon pain
A global climate agreement signed by 195 countries including Lebanon in Paris Saturday has been hail...
14 12 2015
Detention & prison system
Prisons, torture, femmes, enfants, délinquants : effectivité des conventions internationales devant
Quelles sont les procédures d'application devant les tribunaux nationaux des conventions ...
12 12 2015
Judiciary
STL attorneys request arrest warrant for Al-Akhbar editor
Attorneys at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon asked for an arrest warrant to be issued for Al-Akhbar...
12 12 2015
Refugees' rights
More Syrians depart Lebanon to Canada
The second batch of Syrian refugees traveled from Lebanon to Canada Saturday as the country plans to...
12 12 2015
Women’s rights
Catering service empowering women
Rolling fresh grape leaves by her hands, Manal wore her white apron while preparing a variety of dis...
11 12 2015
Refugees' rights
Disparus libanais en Syrie : la tente est vide, mais le combat continue
Une ambiance triste régnait hier dans le jardin Gebran Khalil Gebran, place Riad el-Solh, alo...
11 12 2015
Freedom of expression
Activists hold protest to call for fighting corrupt officials
A dozen activists affiliated with the We Want Accountability movement held a sit-in Saturday outside...
11 12 2015
Refugees' rights
Palestinian factions discuss UNRWA’s diminishment
Palestinian factions in Lebanon made several proposals Thursday to help the United Nations Relief an...
11 12 2015
Judiciary
STL hears evidence from onetime friend of Sami Issa
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed Thursday to hear evidence from a onetime friend of Sami Iss...
11 12 2015
Judiciary
STL Registrar Concludes Trip to Lebanon
The Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Daryl Mundis, concluded an official visit to Beir...
11 12 2015
Refugees' rights
Dix mille réfugiés syriens au Canada d’ici à fin 2015
Un groupe de 164 réfugiés syriens au Liban, des familles et des enfants pour la plupar...
09 12 2015
Freedom of expression
Freedom of expression outlined in detailed report
The politically motivated firing of a journalist and forbidding a reporter from filming crucial foot...
09 12 2015
Abolishing Slavery
Lebanon criticizes countries that ban maids over mistreatment
Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi Wednesday rejected the notion that all foreign housemaids in Lebanon are ...
09 12 2015
Judiciary
STL defense questions bodyguard’s credibility
Defense attorneys at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed their efforts to undermine the credibi...
09 12 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian children are facing psychological damage
A generation of Syrian children are facing “catastrophic” psychological damage with one ...
07 12 2015
Refugees' rights
New passports for Palestinian refugees by 2017
General Security has confirmed that all passports for Lebanon-based Palestinian refugees would be ma...
05 12 2015
Abolishing Slavery
Migrant worker woes in region take back seat to Europe crisis
International attention toward the refugee crisis and illegal migration to Europe has overshadowed a...
04 12 2015
Women’s rights
Woman beaten to death by maid in front of infant
An infant reportedly witnessed her mother being beaten to death by a maid at their house Thursday in...
03 12 2015
Women’s rights
Let women rule the future
Today we are living in an age of virtual liberty. On one hand, technology has created a whole cultur...
03 12 2015
Refugees' rights
EU announces largest refugee aid package to date
BEIRUT: The European Union announced Tuesday its largest Syrian refugee response package to date wor...
02 12 2015
Human Rights
Timeline of hostage crisis developments
BEIRUT: The release of 16 Lebanese servicemen in a swap deal Tuesday ends 16 months of captivity for...
02 12 2015
Human Rights
Aux saboteurs de la République... Afin que le dossier des déchets ne tombe pas dans l’oubli
141e jour du scandale des déchets
Depuis plusieurs années, ils se livrent à un...
02 12 2015
Human Rights
Travailleurs migrants : l’inaction « déshonore » Doha, accuse Amnesty
En dépit des pressions, le Qatar n'a « presque rien » fait pour met...
02 12 2015
Judiciary
Former bodyguard testifies on Sami Issa security measures
Prosecutors at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard testimony from a former bodyguard of jeweler S...
02 12 2015
Refugees' rights
EU Trust Fund Launches Aid Package for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon and Neighboring Countries
The European Union Trust Fund launched a € 350 million aid package in response to the Syrian re...
01 12 2015
Human Rights
Cabinet decrees release key funds to help trash crisis
The Cabinet issued three long-awaited decrees Monday, releasing LL1.2 trillion ($795 million) to mun...
01 12 2015
Human Rights
Military prosecutor rejects Samaha defense data objection
Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr Monday rejected a complaint by Former Information Minister Michel Sama...
27 11 2015
Human Rights
Himaya invite les enfants à dénoncer la violence dont ils sont victimes
L'association Himaya a annoncé hier avoir pris en charge 859 cas de violence contre l'...
27 11 2015
Judiciary
Le procureur du TSL achève une visite de travail au Liban
Le procureur du Tribunal spécial pour le Liban (TSL), Norman Farrell, a conclu hier une visit...
26 11 2015
Human Rights
Foreign workers to receive smart ID cards: Azzi
Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi announced Wednesday that foreign laborers would be provided with smart ID...
26 11 2015
Judiciary
STL Prosecutor concludes a working visit to Lebanon
The Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Norman Farrell, concluded his official working v...
25 11 2015
Refugees' rights
NGOs report Syrian refugees leaving Sidon for Europe
After being flooded with Syrian refugees over the past years, reports indicate that the number of re...
25 11 2015
Human Rights
Le collectif « Women in Parliament » réclame un quota féminin
Quatre femmes seulement au Parlement sur 128 députés, une seule ministre au sein du go...
20 11 2015
Judiciary
STL ends examination of U.N. communications analyst
Defense attorneys in The Hague have concluded four days of examination of an U.N. communications ana...
18 11 2015
Judiciary
STL cross-examines prosecutorial analyst
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed Tuesday with the acrimonious cross-examination of prosecuto...
18 11 2015
Detention & prison system
Civil movement gathered in solidarity with detainees Sleiman and Hashash
Civil movement activists held a protest on Saturday in solidarity with their detained comrades, Ware...
17 11 2015
Refugees' rights
World Bank announces projects to help with refugee problem
A World Bank delegation announced to Speaker Nabih Berri Monday that it was preparing vital projects...
13 11 2015
Judiciary
Judicial questioning of witnesses examined at STL
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard arguments Thursday over whether limits should be placed on th...
12 11 2015
Judiciary
La justice militaire remet son acte d’accusation contre une quinzaine d’activistes
Le premier juge d'instruction militaire, Riad Abou Ghida, a émis hier un acte d'accus...
12 11 2015
Judiciary
STL hears testimony on aliases used by Badreddine
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard witness testimony Wednesday about an apartment allegedly belo...
10 11 2015
Judiciary
Lawyer challenges accuracy of STL prosecution’s evidence
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon began to hear testimony Monday from a prosecutorial staffer respons...
07 11 2015
Judiciary
STL prosecution tries to tie Ayyash to phones
Prosecutors at The Special Tribunal for Lebanon attempted to link defendant Salim Jamil Ayyash to a ...
07 11 2015
Refugees' rights
Norway PM discusses refugee crisis with Salam
Visiting Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg expressed support Saturday for Lebanon as it struggle...
06 11 2015
Human Rights
Activists claim they were assaulted by police near Nijmeh Square
Twelve activists affiliated with “You Stink” claimed they were assaulted near Nijmeh Squ...
06 11 2015
Human Rights
Machnouk mulls waste-to-energy plant for Beirut
Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said he plans to establish a waste-to-energy plant as an alternati...
05 11 2015
Accountability
Lebanon press group alarmed over increasing lawsuits
Lebanon's Press Federation sounded the alarm Thursday over what it said was the increasing rate ...
04 11 2015
Judiciary
Lawyer disputes purple number as STL marked by delays
The Special Tribunal of Lebanon Wednesday was marked by defense lawyers bickering over witness sched...
04 11 2015
Refugees' rights
Human trafficking ring arrested
South Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Rahif Ramadan Tuesday ordered the arrest of a human traffickin...
04 11 2015
Women’s rights
Lebanese women demand right to pass on nationality to children
Dozens of people protested in Downtown Beirut Wednesday against Parliament's failure to draft a ...
03 11 2015
Refugees' rights
Refugees prepare for winter at feverish pace
Wooden beams are stacked high, cement blocks are piled in rows and the screech of an electric saw re...
03 11 2015
Human Rights
EU to give Lebanon $47.5M as refugee aid
The European Union will disburse an additional 43 million euros ($47.5 million) in humanitarian aid ...
01 11 2015
Human Rights
Civil society groups march 'against diseases'
A civil society group called “Against Diseases” organized a march on Sunday from the eas...
30 10 2015
Human Rights
Rifi inspecting Roumieh jail: We will work to alleviate prisoners' sufferings
Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi said that the existing situation at prisons is no longer acceptable, st...
29 10 2015
Enforced disappearances
Disappeared in Lebanon: a slow progress towards truth
In a much awaited landmark decision issued on March 4th, 2014, the Lebanon’s State Council fin...
29 10 2015
Human Rights
A media that feeds our ignorance
With the United States Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage, our side of the world has had an ...
29 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian Palestinians seek refuge in Lebanon
Background of their lives in Syria
After the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, better termed as &lsqu...
29 10 2015
Women’s rights
Dear ‘Most Powerful Man of All’
I am writing to you because you hurt someone I love; a lot of people I love for that matter. I am wr...
29 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Is sea safer than land
A Story of Five Lebanese Migrants Gone to Greek Islands in Search for a Better Life
Nea...
29 10 2015
Women’s rights
“I was fired because I dared to say NO”- sexual harassment incidents commonly increasing in Lebanese
During their juvenile years, many girls, enroll in universities to seek a long desired dream only to...
29 10 2015
Human Rights
Beyond the Typical “Slap on the Face”
When someone has consciously decided to become a parent, they have automatically experienced a life ...
29 10 2015
Human Rights
“Closer to finding a solution”, Wadih Al-Asmar speaks out about garbage crisis.
It all started three months ago, when the mounting trash crisis in the capital, Beirut, stirred the ...
29 10 2015
Torture
Torture in Lebanon: Between International Conventions and Reality
Jason Donohue once said, ‘I see humans, but no humanity’. If we take some time to think ...
29 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian Refugees: a question of human rights
Refugees, Syrians, war and asylum are words we are now hearing on a regular basis, whether in our da...
29 10 2015
Detention & prison system
Detainees in Lebanon: the reality of their rights
Nelson Mandella once said, ‘To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very human...
29 10 2015
Human Rights
Child abuse and human rights violation
In his book entitled “A Child Called “It””, Dave Pelzer wrote “Childho...
28 10 2015
Judiciary
Analysts testify at STL how phone coordinates were established
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed Tuesday after a weeklong break with prosecutorial analysts ...
28 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Refugees posing 'existential crisis': Bassil
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil warned that the large number of Syrian refugees could lead to a &ldqu...
28 10 2015
Judiciary
Analysts testify at STL how phone coordinates were established
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed Tuesday after a weeklong break with prosecutorial analysts ...
28 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Refugees posing 'existential crisis': Bassil
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil warned that the large number of Syrian refugees could lead to a &ldqu...
23 10 2015
Judiciary
STL head defends neutrality of court, touts educational work
The president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Ivana Hrdlickov?, capped off her second official ...
23 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Les camps de réfugiés palestiniens au Liban, entre radicalisation et médiation
« Les camps de réfugiés palestiniens au Liban sont souvent dépeints ...
23 10 2015
Human Rights
Khayat appeals STL contempt of court conviction
Karma al-Khayat’s defense team filed an appeal Wednesday against the Al-Jadeed television exec...
21 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Report: Ship Transporting Dozens of Lebanese, Hundreds of Syrian Migrants Departs Tripoli Everyday
A ship transporting Lebanese and Syrian migrants to Europe departs the port of the northern city of ...
20 10 2015
Human Rights
Released protesters get hero’s welcome
Two demonstrators apprehended during a protest in Downtown Beirut received a hero’s welcome wh...
20 10 2015
Human Rights
Azzi launches campaign on fighting human trafficking
Minister of Labor, Sejaan Azzi, on Tuesday launched, during a press conference, a campaign on fighti...
19 10 2015
Human Rights
Tyre waste-sorting plant proposed
A potential project to establish a waste-sorting plant in the district of Tyre in cooperation with p...
19 10 2015
Detention & prison system
Lebanon releases last 2 detained protesters
Two protesters who were arrested during a violent anti-government rally in Downtown Beirut earlier t...
16 10 2015
Judiciary
TSL : la date d’ouverture du procès contre « al-Akhbar » et Ibrahim el-Amine a été fixée
Le juge compétent en matière d'outrage du Tribunal spécial pour le Liban (T...
16 10 2015
Human Rights
Operators at Sidon waste facility polluting environment: activists
Activists claiming they sneaked into Sidon’s new waste treatment facility Thursday accused ope...
14 10 2015
Detention & prison system
Detained protesters’ lawyers to renew release requests
The lawyers of five protesters detained over last week’s standoff with police in Downtown Beir...
14 10 2015
Human Rights
Sit-in permanent des proches des militants arrêtés devant le Tribunal militaire
Les familles des cinq manifestants, encore détenus depuis leur arrestation jeudi dernier &agr...
12 10 2015
Detention & prison system
Lebanon's military court orders release of 6 protesters, 5 others to remain in custody
The Military Tribunal Monday ordered the release of six protesters who were accused of vandalism and...
12 10 2015
Detention & prison system
Lebanon's military court orders release of 6 protesters, 5 others to remain in custody
The Military Tribunal Monday ordered the release of six protesters who were accused of vandalism and...
09 10 2015
Human Rights
Place des Martyrs, des émeutes encore et toujours...
La manifestation « pacifique » des organisations du mouvement civil protestata...
08 10 2015
Accountability
Police attack on protesters triggers fresh clashes in Downtown Beirut
Riot police used clubs, tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters...
08 10 2015
Human Rights
Akkar residents obstruct work on controversial landfill
Residents of Lebanon’s northern Akkar province have obstructed efforts to establish a sanitary...
06 10 2015
Human Rights
Grave pollution pétrolière à Jiyeh
Un spectacle désolant vient s'ajouter aux monticules de déchets dans les rues depu...
06 10 2015
Human Rights
'You Stink' Campaign Stages Protest near Central Bank as Activist Arrested
The “You Stink” civil society campaign staged a march from downtown Beirut to the Centra...
06 10 2015
Human Rights
Hariri attackers mulled ‘alternate’ kill site
The men who killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri considered an alternate site for the assassina...
03 10 2015
Judiciary
STL testimony links Merhi to purple mobile network
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard testimony from a protected witness Friday linking defendant H...
02 10 2015
Human Rights
L’accusation avance les preuves de l’attribution des numéros de téléphone à Ayache et Oneissi
L'accusation est entrée dans le vif du sujet. Lors de deux audiences tenues mercredi et h...
02 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanon, a refuge for domestically abused Syrian women
The 30-year-old mother of seven with a gray headscarf nurses a swollen bruise under her left eye. Sh...
02 10 2015
Refugees' rights
Les réfugiés syriens au centre de discussions à Beyrouth
Une délégation de la sous-commission des droits de l'homme au Parlement europ&eacu...
01 10 2015
Human Rights
North Lebanon residents complain of new odors from local dump
Residents of villages neighboring the Srar dump in north Lebanon Thursday railed against the Council...
01 10 2015
Human Rights
Rifi : La situation à Roumieh est « intolérable »
Le ministre de la Justice, Achraf Rifi, a effectué hier une inspection à la prison de ...
01 10 2015
Human Rights
STL witness links purple network number to Oneissi
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard testimony from a man Wednesday who provided evidence linking ...
30 09 2015
Human Rights
Lebanon Remains a 'Priority' but World Response for Refugee Aid Remains Weak
The U.N. chief's Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Philippe Lazzarini, has lamented that t...
29 09 2015
Human Rights
STL orders Al-Jadeed journalist to pay 10,000 euros in contempt case
An international court set up to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik H...
28 09 2015
Human Rights
Plan Chehayeb : un projet alternatif présenté par le mouvement civil aujourd’hui
Dans la région du Chahhar, où se trouve la décharge de Naamé, la journ&e...
28 09 2015
Human Rights
Lebanon garbage showdown looms
Lebanese civil society activists have introduced a plan for resolving the country’s worsening ...
28 09 2015
Human Rights
Al-Jadeed journalist Karma al-Khayat ordered to pay 10,000 euros in STL contempt case
An international court set up to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik H...
28 09 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees in Sidon face eviction order
Around 170 Syrian refugee families living in Sidon’s Ouzai complex are being threatened with s...
27 09 2015
Human Rights
Protesters reject reopening of Naameh landfill
Tens of people gathered at the entrance of the infamous Naameh landfill Sunday evening, in protest o...
26 09 2015
Human Rights
Environmentalists to announce waste plan
A coalition of environmentalists is expected to announce Monday an alternative to Agriculture Minist...
26 09 2015
Women’s rights
HRW: Woman is detained in Lebanon after alleging rape
Human RIghts Watch organization on Saturday said that "Lebanon’s army should immediately ...
24 09 2015
Human Rights
STL reiterates seriousness of charge against Khayat
Wajed Ramadan, spokesperson for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, reiterated the seriousness of the ...
23 09 2015
Judiciary
RSF dénonce la condamnation de Karma Khayat par le TSL
L'association Reporters sans frontière (RSF) a dénoncé lundi la condamnatio...
22 09 2015
Human Rights
You Stink to press on with protests
Reflecting on its achievements and setbacks, the “You Stink” campaign vowed Monday to pr...
22 09 2015
Human Rights
Rentrée scolaire pour une éducation gratuite aux enfants de réfugiés
L'éducation gratuite sera proposée cette année aux enfants de réfugi...
21 09 2015
Human Rights
Who decides where the garbage goes?
“Even though Chehayeb’s plan was still to be executed, Majdal Anjar residents will not a...
21 09 2015
Refugees' rights
200,000 Syrian Refugee Kids in Lebanon to Get Free Schooling
Half of school-aged Syrian refugees in Lebanon will receive a free education under a new campaign la...
21 09 2015
Refugees' rights
200,000 Syrian Refugee Kids in Lebanon to Get Free Schooling
Half of school-aged Syrian refugees in Lebanon will receive a free education under a new campaign la...
21 09 2015
Human Rights
EU contributes with more than €37 million to Back to School Campaign
The European Union is supporting the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) Back...
20 09 2015
Freedom of expression
Protesters March from Bourj Hammoud to Nejmeh Square amid Attack by 'Berri Supporters'
Civil society protesters marched Sunday from Bourj Hammoud to central Beirut's Nejmeh Square, pa...
19 09 2015
Human Rights
STL finds journalist guilty of contempt of court
Karma Khayat, deputy head of news and political programs at Al-Jadeed TV, was found guilty of contem...
19 09 2015
Judiciary
Al-Jadeed acquittée, Karma Khayat reconnue coupable d’entrave à la justice
Le verdict du Tribunal spécial pour le Liban (TSL) dans l'affaire Khayat/al-Jadeed est to...
18 09 2015
Human Rights
Anti-govt protesters declare end to 2-week hunger strike over 'pressure'
Eleven protesters who have been on hunger strike for two weeks to urge the environment minister to r...
17 09 2015
Human Rights
EU waste plant gives hope to Baalbek
In the wake of the mounting waste crisis, residents of Baalbek have renewed hope for the future. Hun...
17 09 2015
Human Rights
Environment Ministry Protesters Suspend Hunger Strike
Protesters holding a sit-in near the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut announced on Thursday a...
16 09 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees registered with U.N. fewer by 60,000
The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Re...
16 09 2015
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés syriens au Liban : Aoun met en garde contre « un grand complot »
Le chef du bloc du Changement et de la Réforme, Michel Aoun, a dénoncé mardi un...
16 09 2015
Detention & prison system
25 detained, 10 injured in fresh Beirut clashes between police, protesters
Security forces detained at least 38 activists Wednesday from crowds attempting to gain entrance to ...
15 09 2015
Detention & prison system
Families of detained protesters block road outside Interior Ministry
Families of youths arrested by police during an Aug. 29 anti-government protest in Downtown Beirut d...
14 09 2015
Refugees' rights
RACE to educate 200,000 refugees
As Lebanon prepares to begin a new school year, conditions have perhaps never been more difficult in...
11 09 2015
Refugees' rights
ICRC gives Syrian refugees largest food distribution yet
More than 10,000 Syrian refugees received vital aid from the International Committee of the Red Cros...
10 09 2015
Human Rights
Judge seeks death penalty for Beirut road rage killer
A Lebanon magistrate Thursday recommended the death penalty for Tarek Yateem, who was arrested in Ju...
10 09 2015
Human Rights
Sidon would accept waste if sanitary landfill created: mayor
Sidon Mayor Mohammad Saudi revealed Thursday that the southern city was ready to accept additional t...
09 09 2015
Human Rights
Raped in a Lebanese detention center
If one were to imagine a stereotypical Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir supporter, you wouldn’t imagine A...
08 09 2015
Human Rights
Assaillies de demandes, des associations aident les municipalités à gérer le dossier des ordures mén
Faute de structures publiques pour récupérer les déchets triés, on se to...
04 09 2015
Judiciary
STL defense accuses witness of collusion
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Thursday heard the conclusion of testimony from Saadeddine El Ajouz...
03 09 2015
Human Rights
Spend your summer in service of the disabled
“The camp changed my life.” It is an overused expression that is quickly made meaningles...
03 09 2015
Enforced disappearances
International Day for the victims of Enforced Disappearances: FEMED denounces a tool of terror
In December 2010, the United Nations, deeply concerned by the increase of cases of Enforced Disappea...
03 09 2015
Human Rights
Wadih el-Asmar à « L’OLJ » : « Tol3et re7etkoum » est pour un État de droit
Pourquoi le mouvement « Vous puez ! » a-t-il investi hier le minist&egrav...
02 09 2015
Judiciary
STL prosecution: Ajouz not a candid witness
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard for the second day Tuesday the testimony of the owner of the ...
01 09 2015
Human Rights
HRW demande au Liban une commission d’enquête sur les disparitions forcées
Dans un communiqué publié samedi, Human Rights Watch souligne que « les aut...
27 08 2015
Judiciary
Dispute at the STL over telecoms expert
Testimony before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon was interrupted Wednesday by a dispute over the di...
22 08 2015
Judiciary
Telecoms expert explains cellphone evidence to STL
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard further testimony from a prosecution expert witness Friday, b...
21 08 2015
Judiciary
STL defense grills telecoms expert
The defense team of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon questioned whether a part of a report presented...
20 08 2015
Human Rights
Dans le centre-ville, un mélange de révolte, de violence et de surréalisme
Il est déjà 19 heures et les échos du sit-in pacifique du mouvement civil &laqu...
19 08 2015
Human Rights
Ahmad al-Assir arrêté : une belle prise pour la Sûreté, une nouvelle page pour le Liban
C'est un coup de maître ! Le cheikh Ahmad al-Assir pris dans les filets de la Sûret&...
14 08 2015
Human Rights
WFP urges more support for food program
With dire funding shortfalls putting the future of the agency’s operations at risk, World Food...
08 08 2015
Judiciary
Rifi reveals draft law limiting Military Tribunal powers
Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi unveiled Friday a draft law proposing the establishment of specialized ...
08 08 2015
Refugees' rights
EU increases aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The EU boosted its humanitarian funding for Syrian refugees in Lebanon by an additional 17 million e...
07 08 2015
Human Rights
Environment Minister Pledges to End Trash Crisis in Upcoming Days
Environment Minister Mohammed al-Mashnouq revealed on Friday that a number of tenders have been made...
07 08 2015
Detention & prison system
Roumieh Prisoners and Guards Charged over Rioting
The State Commissioner to the Military Court charged on Friday scores of prisoners and guards in two...
31 07 2015
Human Rights
Lebanon to combat human trafficking
New initiatives will be implemented to combat human trafficking in Lebanon in response to ...
30 07 2015
Human Rights
Residents exasperated by leaders’ rubbish solutions
Mount Lebanon residents blocked access to some of the region’s quarries Wednesday evening afte...
30 07 2015
Refugees' rights
Mountain Says No Intention to Naturalize Syrians in Lebanon
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Ross Mountain, has said that the U.N. does...
28 07 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanon ready to work with Syria to help refugees return
The Lebanese government is eager to coordinate with Syrian authorities to facilitate the return of S...
28 07 2015
Women’s rights
Progress in women’s empowerment stalled by regional crises
Female leaders play an important role in Lebanon and the Arab world, but experts at an int...
27 07 2015
Detention & prison system
3 wounded as anti-trash protesters clash with police
About 500 protesters blocked a major highway linkingBeirut with south Lebanon for a s...
27 07 2015
Human Rights
Trash collection resumes in Beirut ... for now
Relieved residents celebrated as garbage collectors resumed their work in Beirut Sunday, a...
24 07 2015
Abolishing Slavery
New NGO defends families’ treatment of domestic workers
At a time when more and more voices are being raised against the mistreatment of domestic workers in...
23 07 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanon to receive $450M for Syrian refugee crisis: Derbas
Lebanon will receive $450 million from an international donors conference that was held in Kuwait in...
22 07 2015
Judiciary
STL told about potential for errors in key data
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard about the potential for errors in the prosecution’s key...
21 07 2015
Judiciary
Trois questions à Ibrahim Najjar, fervent militant pour l’abolition de la peine de mort
Choqués et indignés par le meurtre de Georges Rif, dont ils ont vu le déro...
21 07 2015
Human Rights
Lebanon protesters denounce government response to trash crisis
Lebanese youths demonstrated near the Grand Serail in Downtown Beirut Tuesday to demand government a...
17 07 2015
Human Rights
Naameh Landfill Closure Deadline Expires, Protesters Stage Sit-in
The residents of the town of Naameh that lies south of Beirut and nearby areas staged on Friday a si...
17 07 2015
Refugees' rights
Merkel embarrassée face aux sanglots d’une jeune réfugiée palestinienne du Liban
La chancelière Angela Merkel est apparue embarrassée lors d'un débat o&ugra...
16 07 2015
Refugees' rights
La mise en garde de Bassil à Salam sur les réfugiés syriens
Dans le cadre des nombreux contacts qu'il effectue pour mettre un terme à l'enregistr...
15 07 2015
Refugees' rights
« Les enfants syriens nés au Liban sont en train d’être enregistrés dans le pays », avertit Bassil
Le ministre italien des Affaires étrangères, Paolo Gentiloni, a effectué hier u...
14 07 2015
Human Rights
La déchetterie de Naamé, « une fabrique à cancers » pour ses habitants
On n'a pas arrêté de parler de la date de fermeture de la décharge de Naam&e...
14 07 2015
Judiciary
STL: Al-Jazeera producer testifies about phone call
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard more testimony Monday about the mysterious phone calls placed...
13 07 2015
Human Rights
Naameh Landfill Crisis Set to Grow as Closure Deadline Looms
A major crisis looms on the Naameh landfill this week as environmentalists warned that they would st...
12 07 2015
Abolishing Slavery
We’re not racist, but she’s “black”
Her face was bleeding; she was sitting on the stairs at the entrance of a retail outlet in the Dekwa...
12 07 2015
Judiciary
12 officers referred to investigation over Roumieh scandal: Machnouk
Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk revealed that 12 officers from Lebanon’s notorious Roumieh P...
11 07 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee numbers pass four million as war rages on – UN
In a news release issued earlier today, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ...
10 07 2015
Refugees' rights
Un million et demi de réfugiés syriens au Liban, presque le tiers de la population
Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a annoncé hier&n...
09 07 2015
Abolishing Slavery
Foreign worker marriage ban gets revoked
Civil society groups succeeded earlier this month in lobbying the Justice Ministry to revoke a decis...
09 07 2015
Judiciary
Ex-Al-Jazeera bureau chief testifies at STL
Hours after an explosion tore through Downtown Beirut killing Rafik Hariri and 21 others, Al-Jazeera...
07 07 2015
LGBTQ+ Rights
Homosexualité, homophobie et mariage civil
Le 27 juin 2015 marquera pour toujours une date historique pour la communauté des homosexuels...
07 07 2015
Torture
Two Roumieh torture suspects indicted
Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda demanded Monday up to three years in prison for two mem...
02 07 2015
LGBTQ+ Rights
Liban : Détenu et battu pendant trois semaines pour homosexualité et un test de drogue... négatif
« Les gendarmes ont sorti mon ami de sa cellule, l'ont menotté aux pieds et au...
30 06 2015
Refugees' rights
“Voices for Refugees": UNHCR launches its new online campaign
UNHCR launched “Voices for Refugees”, an online campaign, to mobilise support for intern...
29 06 2015
Detention & prison system
Le bâtonnier Jreige dénonce le retard mis pour juger les détenus à Roumieh
Le scandale provoqué par la diffusion des bandes vidéo montrant des détenus isl...
27 06 2015
Refugees' rights
Palestinian Syrians face frustrating bureaucracy
Facing inconsistent governmental policies and confusing bureaucracy, Palestinian Syrians in Lebanon ...
27 06 2015
Torture
Torture, bonjour l’hypocrisie !
Bienvenue au Liban, pays où l'on torture depuis des décennies.
Belle image que do...
26 06 2015
Detention & prison system
ICRC pledges $1M for Lebanese prisons
The International Committee of the Red Cross has pledged $1 million to rehabilitate some Lebanese pr...
26 06 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanon’s Syrian refugees to face aid cuts
Some 750,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon will have their food aid cut by 50 percent next month as the...
26 06 2015
Judiciary
HRW Says Beirut Should Monitor Detention to Combat Torture
Lebanese authorities should adopt wide-ranging measures to combat torture, including creating a nati...
25 06 2015
Torture
Machnouk rejects prejudice against entire ISF for torture
Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said the entire Internal Security Forces institution should not be...
24 06 2015
Judiciary
STL hears about claim of responsibility for Hariri killing
Less than an hour after the massive explosion that tore through the Beirut Marina killing Rafik Hari...
24 06 2015
Detention & prison system
L’affaire de la torture à Roumieh et la mobilisation « spontanée » de la rue sunnite
Un nouveau dossier est venu s'ajouter aux nombreux sujets polémiques qui occupent la sc&e...
23 06 2015
Detention & prison system
Roumieh inmates riot to demand WiFi, cell phones
Inmates demanding WiFi and cell phones rioted inside a Roumieh Prison facility Tuesday, a security s...
23 06 2015
Detention & prison system
Saqr Charges Five Guards for Roumieh Prison Abuse
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Tuesday five guards for abusing ...
22 06 2015
Torture
Five ISF members arrested for torture
Five members of the Internal Security Forces are under arrest after videos surfaced showing them sev...
22 06 2015
Torture
Torture à Roumieh : cinq agents de l’ordre déjà déférés devant le tribunal militaire
Un homme presque nu, portant la barbe, est roulé sur lui-même, trempé, dans ce q...
20 06 2015
Human Rights
Où en est-on des droits de l’homme, 800 ans après la Magna Carta ?
C'était le 15 juin 1215 : le baronnage anglais devait entreprendre une démarche qu...
19 06 2015
Human Rights
Fletcher marking Magna Carta 800th anniversary: For protecting domestic workers' rights
'While we in Britain were in a Game of Thrones phase, Beirut was known as the "mother of la...
19 06 2015
Human Rights
Khalil slams international community over refugees
The international community is dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon in a scandalous way...
18 06 2015
Human Rights
L’illégalité du tribunal militaire sous la loupe de l’« Agenda juridique »
Dans le cadre des conférences que l'Agenda juridique (al-Moufaqira al-qanouniya) tient me...
16 06 2015
Human Rights
Mitsubishi Canter owner testifies at STL
With renewed interest, judges at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon heard Monday more testimony relate...
15 06 2015
Human Rights
Protest in front of UNRWA against decreased services
Palestinian and Islamic forces and popular unions and committees of Palestinian refugees from all Pa...
12 06 2015
Human Rights
Education minister wants classrooms in prisons
Education Minister Elias Bou Saab said that teaching facilities should be constructed for the inmate...
10 06 2015
Human Rights
Underfunded UNRWA to run out of cash by October
Matthias Schmale, Lebanon’s new country director of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, has a to...
09 06 2015
Human Rights
Fire leaves families homeless in Sidon refugee camp
A massive fire broke out in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in the southern city of Sidon Tuesday, destro...
08 06 2015
Human Rights
Une semaine, un thème : #7 le TSL de tous les défis
Par Ibrahim Najjar, ancien ministre
Le TSL a été créé p...
05 06 2015
Abolishing Slavery
Where Love is Illegal
Robin Hammond, born 1975, is an internationally renowned photographer from New Zealand who has dedic...
05 06 2015
Judiciary
Mitsubishi Canter van takes center stage at STL
The Mitsubishi Canter van which was allegedly used as a truck bomb to assassinate Prime Minister Raf...
05 06 2015
Human Rights
La Fondation René Moawad lance la 3e charte pour la fin de la discrimination de la femme
La Fondation René Moawad a lancé hier « la troisième charte libanais...
03 06 2015
Judiciary
STL witness says ex-Syria spy chief threatened Hariri
An Internal Security Forces corporal who was part of Rafik Hariri’s convoy when it was struck ...
01 06 2015
Refugees' rights
Ministry steps up bid to integrate refugees into schools
In classrooms in Sin al-Fil High School Sunday, children sat in groups of two in orderly rows of des...
29 05 2015
Refugees' rights
Derbas: To establish camps for displaced Syrians to reduce tension
Social Affairs Minister, Rashid Derbas, hoped that the government would respond to his demand for se...
28 05 2015
Human Rights
Teach a Child helps fill the gaps in Lebanon’s school system
NGO Teach a Child is holding a fundraising dinner at the Saint-George Yacht Club Friday, raising mon...
28 05 2015
Judiciary
Hezbollah marred by meddling abroad, Siniora tells STL
Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora tore into Hezbollah during his cross-examination at the Special ...
28 05 2015
Women’s rights
Activists see little progress on domestic violence
As activists held yet another rally calling for greater protections for victims of domestic violence...
21 05 2015
Judiciary
Rifi signe un projet de décret pour la création de tribunaux à Baalbeck-Hermel et au Akkar
Le ministre de la Justice, Achraf Rifi, a signé hier un projet de décret visant &agrav...
20 05 2015
Judiciary
STL: Launch of the Arabic Translation of Judge Antonio Cassese's book "International Criminal Law"
In a press release by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), it said: "The launch of the Arabi...
18 05 2015
Judiciary
Roux : Le TSL est le premier tribunal pénal international spécialisé dans les crimes terroristes
Le chef du bureau de la défense rattaché au Tribunal spécial pour le Liban, Fra...
18 05 2015
Judiciary
Ban Reaffirms U.N. Commitment to STL
The President and Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon have concluded a successful visit to...
15 05 2015
Judiciary
Rifi preparing law to dissolve military court over Samaha controversy
Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi Friday said he would submit a draft law to the Cabinet to dissolve the ...
14 05 2015
Refugees' rights
Refugees most dangerous crisis in Lebanon, Derbas warns
The influx of Syrian refugees to Lebanon is the “most dangerous” crisis Lebanon has expe...
11 05 2015
Judiciary
STL organises meeting between five Lebanese universities and Heads of Interpreting Services of Inter
A meeting of the Heads of Interpreting Services of national and international organisations and inst...
08 05 2015
Human Rights
La CLDH sensibilise les étudiants en journalisme aux droits de l’homme
Cet atelier qui s'inscrit dans le cadre du projet Promouvoir une culture de droit de l'homme...
07 05 2015
Refugees' rights
Fire at Syrian refugee center in Sidon doused
A fire broke out Thursday at a four-story building housing Syrian refugees in the southern city of S...
05 05 2015
Detention & prison system
41 inmates charged over Roumieh Prison mutiny
Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr Monday charged 41 inmates with mutiny following last month’s rio...
05 05 2015
Refugees' rights
Le frère de l’ancien détenu Gergès el-Khoury arrêté par la SG à son arrivée à l’AIB
Le 26 avril 2005, les troupes syriennes se retiraient du Liban, marquant la fin d'une ère...
05 05 2015
Refugees' rights
Joumblatt au TSL : Tous les responsables syriens qui ont été éliminés sont liés à l’assassinat de Ha
Tous ceux qui ont misé sur des révélations tonitruantes au premier jour du t&ea...
04 05 2015
Human Rights
Les employées de maison étrangères unies face aux abus
Toutes les communautés sont représentées et crient en chœur : «...
04 05 2015
Human Rights
Much anticipated Jumblatt STL testimony begins
For the past several years, Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt has often repeated a c...
02 05 2015
Human Rights
Charges against 41 detainees in Roumieh prison
Government Commissioner to the military court, Judge Sakr Sakr pressed charges against 41 detainees ...
01 05 2015
Human Rights
Majdalani au TSL : « Abou Adass » pourrait avoir été incarcéré dans la première cellule de Geagea
Pour la troisième journée consécutive, le Tribunal spécial pour le Liban...
29 04 2015
Refugees' rights
UNHCR to cross off 5,500 Syrian refugees: Derbas
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will cross off the names of 5,500 Syrian refugees wh...
28 04 2015
Human Rights
3 domestic workers found dead across Lebanon
Three domestic workers were found dead in separate incidents across Lebanon over the past 24 hours.
...
28 04 2015
Human Rights
Une employée de maison égorgée à Tripoli
Le feuilleton des employées de maison qui décèdent dans des circonstances myst&...
28 04 2015
Refugees' rights
UNHCR : Le nombre de réfugiés syriens arrivés au Liban en baisse par rapport à 2014
Dans son bulletin hebdomadaire, publié tous les lundis, l'UNHCR a souligné que l&#...
27 04 2015
Human Rights
Domestic worker dead after fall through skylight
A domestic worker believed to be Ethiopian or Sri Lankan fell to her death Monday in Nahr al-Mott, n...
25 04 2015
Human Rights
ICRC deliveres vital aid to Roumieh Prison following riots
The ICRC has delivered vital aid to Beirut's Roumieh Central Prison, after recent riots caused s...
25 04 2015
Human Rights
UNRWA and UNICEF Lebanon launch Palestiniadi sports programme for children
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in partnership with UNICEF, launched today Pales...
25 04 2015
Human Rights
Azzi suspend les formalités de 65 bureaux de recrutement d’employées de maison
Le ministre du Travail, Sejaan Azzi, a pris un arrêté suspendant les formalités ...
24 04 2015
Human Rights
ICRC response to riots in Roumieh Prison
The ICRC has delivered vital aid to Beirut's Roumieh Central Prison, after recent riots caused s...
22 04 2015
Human Rights
Bassil Warns of Plan to Keep Syrian Refugees Permanently in Lebanon
Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil remarked on Wednesday that the case of Syrian refugees is the greates...
21 04 2015
Human Rights
Police launch fresh sweep of Roumieh Prison
Police launched a “wide-scale search operation” early Monday in Lebanon’s notoriou...
21 04 2015
Human Rights
Initiative launched to end interference in the judiciary
NGO Legal Agenda launched a new project to promote the independence of Lebanon’s judiciary Mon...
20 04 2015
Human Rights
Lebanon activists summoned over migrant worker row
Lebanon’s General Security Monday interrogated an activist who campaigns against the deportati...
19 04 2015
Human Rights
Roumieh inmates demand return to notorious Block B: report
Islamist inmates at Roumieh Prison demanded during the recent riots to be moved back to the notoriou...
18 04 2015
Detention & prison system
Mashnouq: Roumieh Prison Riot over, Hostages Released
Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced that the riot at Roumieh prison, staged by Islamist i...
18 04 2015
Women’s rights
52 percent of women arrested in Lebanon in 2013 - 2014 were severely tortured by security forces
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) found in a report published today that 52% of women arre...
18 04 2015
Torture
52 percent of female detainees in Lebanon are tortured: report
More than half of the women arrested by the Lebanese authorities in 2013 and 2014 were subjected to ...
17 04 2015
Judiciary
Al-Jadeed defense blasts ‘double standards’
The controversial contempt case against Al-Jadeed TV and journalist Karma al-Khayat kicked off Thurs...
16 04 2015
Judiciary
Clarification about Nasser's testimony
"The Press Office of Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri issued on Friday the following press rel...
16 04 2015
Refugees' rights
Last Egypt aid plane to Arsal's Syrian refugees arrives
An Egyptian military aircraft arrived in Beirut Thursday carrying 15 tons of medicine, food supplies...
13 04 2015
Judiciary
STL Appoints Lebanese Wajed Ramadan as New Spokesperson
The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced Monday that it has appointed Lebanese nationa...
11 04 2015
Human Rights
Le Comité des disparus au Liban lance la campagne « Le quarantième de la guerre »
Le Comité des disparus au Liban et l'association Right to know ont lancé hier la c...
10 04 2015
Judiciary
« Al-Jadeed » devant le TSL le 16 avril
Jeudi prochain s'ouvre devant le TSL le procès de la chaîne al-Jadeed et de Karma K...
09 04 2015
Judiciary
Special parking card for disabilities to be issued
The Social Affairs Ministry announced Thursday that it would provide a special parking card to peopl...
08 04 2015
Human Rights
Media accreditation for start of trial case against Al Jadeed S.A.L., Ms. Karma Al Khayat
The Contempt Judge at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Nicola Lettieri, has scheduled the sta...
03 04 2015
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés : 118 millions de dollars d’aides US au Liban
Avec des cris de joie et d'excitation, les enfants accueillent Élias Bou Saab – le ...
03 04 2015
Women’s rights
Domestic violence law still not fully applied
Nearly one year since the passage of monumental legislation to criminalize domestic violence, activi...
02 04 2015
Detention & prison system
Rahi from Roumieh: To speed up trails, avoid unnecessary delay
Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi on Thursday confirmed during Maundy Thursday mass at Rou...
01 04 2015
Judiciary
Peine de mort : Amnesty fait état de zéro exécution au Liban en 2014
Dans son nouveau rapport sur les peines de mort et les exécutions en 2014, Amnesty Internatio...
01 04 2015
Abolishing Slavery
Kenya protests Lebanon's controversial maid ad
Kenya has lodged a complaint through its Beirut consulate against a controversial Mothers’ Day...
01 04 2015
Refugees' rights
International donors pledge $3.8B in aid for Syrians
International donors committed $3.8 billion in aid for Syrians affected by the grinding civil war at...
26 03 2015
Human Rights
Bar Association, General Security sign MoU
A memorandum of understanding and coordination was signed by the Beirut Bar Association and General ...
25 03 2015
Human Rights
Hearing set for maid suspected of killing Lebanon girl
A preliminary hearing for an Ethiopian domestic worker charged with killing her employer's four-...
24 03 2015
Human Rights
Single mothers in Lebanon: a never-ending struggle
“The gynecologist I visited at first—who has a clinic in a reputable hospital—refu...
23 03 2015
Human Rights
Du congrès du 14 Mars au TSL, Fouad Siniora « superstar »
La semaine écoulée a été marquée principalement par la subite att...
22 03 2015
Refugees' rights
Bahrain donates housing units for Akkar refugees
A group of NGOs has replaced tents in a refugee camp in north Lebanon with portable cabins donated b...
21 03 2015
Human Rights
Maid was on hunger strike before suicide, ministry says
A maid who was found hanged at her employer’s apartment in Tripoli Thursday had been on a hung...
20 03 2015
Human Rights
Migrant domestic worker found dead in Tripoli home
A domestic migrant worker was found dead in her employer’s residence in north Lebanon Thursday...
19 03 2015
Human Rights
Derbas: Lebanon to Ask for $2.1 Billion in Aid at Kuwait Conference
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas has said that Lebanon will ask the international community for...
18 03 2015
Judiciary
Al-Jadeed says press freedom at stake in STL case
The planned trial of a Lebanese journalist and her TV station over a report that allegedly hindered ...
18 03 2015
Judiciary
Deux militants des droits de l’homme devant le tribunal des imprimés
Marie Daunay et Wadih Asmar, représentants du Centre libanais des droits humains (CLDH), ont ...
18 03 2015
Human Rights
Ibrahim Najjar : La diffamation est susceptible de sanctions indépendamment de sa véracité
Comment expliquer le fait que le procès a été intenté contre deux repr&e...
16 03 2015
Torture
Torture in prisons reported, activists sent to court
Not only do security services and non-state actors in Lebanon freely violate human rights and intern...
15 03 2015
Human Rights
Le commissariat de Ras Beyrouth, ex-Hobeiche, se modernise et s’humanise...
« Bienvenue au commissariat de Ras Beyrouth. Je suis l'officier Toufic Tok. Je vais v...
13 03 2015
Refugees' rights
MP: Hariri was worried Syria was undermining Taif
Prior to his assassination, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was worried that pro-Syrian elements ...
12 03 2015
Judiciary
L’accusation diffuse un enregistrement inédit de la dernière conversation entre Hariri et Ghazalé
La chambre de première instance du Tribunal spécial pour le Liban a entendu hier, pour...
11 03 2015
Human Rights
« Au moins 300 000 travailleurs domestiques exclus du code du travail »
En quoi la formation d'un syndicat est-elle importante aujourd'hui pour l'amélior...
11 03 2015
Human Rights
NGOs: Lebanon Should Recognize and Add Labor Law Protections for Domestic Workers
Lebanese authorities should recognize a union for domestic workers, who are excluded from the protec...
11 03 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanon committed to educating refugee children: minister
Education Minister Elias Bou Saab warned Tuesday of the high risk of Syrian, Palestinian and Iraqi r...
10 03 2015
Human Rights
Over 100 rights groups call for domestic workers union in Lebanon
Local and international NGO’s and human rights watchdogs called on the Lebanese authorities Tu...
07 03 2015
Refugees' rights
UN to boost humanitarian funding to ease Syria crisis burden in Lebanon
“Lebanon has shown generosity in hosting some 1.2 million refugees from Syria. No country can ...
07 03 2015
Judiciary
Judicial council sentences 23 to death
Lebanon’s Judicial Council sentenced 23 people to death Friday over their involvement in the 2...
06 03 2015
Women’s rights
Events aplenty, but little progress for women’s rights
Campaigns to highlight the dearth of women’s rights abound ahead of International Women’...
05 03 2015
Women’s rights
International Women’s Day: Celebrating 20 years of achievements
National events are taking place celebrating the occasion of International Women’s Day. Thursd...
05 03 2015
Women’s rights
Les « Femmes sur les lignes de front » à l’honneur à Beyrouth
« Je suis féminine, mais pas féministe », lance May Chidiac &agr...
04 03 2015
Accountability
Chamaa devant le TSL : « Une personne est parfois contrainte de sourire à son bourreau »
L'occupation syrienne était un fait accompli au Liban. Par conséquent, Rafic Harir...
04 03 2015
Refugees' rights
Many Assyrians unable to enter Lebanon
The actual number of Assyrian Christian refugees coming to Lebanon from embattled areas in northeast...
03 03 2015
Refugees' rights
Assyrian refugees begin streaming into Lebanon
More than a dozen Assyrian Christians fleeing an onslaught by ISIS in northeastern Syria have entere...
26 02 2015
Right to fair trial
STL defense, prosecution spar over testimony
Members of the defense counsel and the prosecution engaged in an icy exchange at the Special Tribuna...
26 02 2015
Refugees' rights
Refugees denounce harassment by Sidon landowners
A number of Syrian refugee women in Sidon have complained to officials at humanitarian organizations...
24 02 2015
Right to fair trial
STL hears testimony of international bomb experts
Hundreds of hours of mathematical computations and computer simulations were conducted by experts ex...
23 02 2015
Judiciary
STL Amends Rules of Procedure Pertaining to Excusal of Judges
The judges of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon have approved at a plenary meeting amendm...
20 02 2015
Accountability
Military Court Releases Asir Supporter
The military court released on Friday an alleged fighter linked to fugitive Salafist cleric Sheikh A...
17 02 2015
Human Rights
Les trois quarts des enfants des rues sont syriens, seuls 10 % sont libanais
« Je détestais l'école. Les professeurs me battaient. J'ai fini par...
16 02 2015
Human Rights
Lebanon hosting more than 1,500 street children: study
More than 1,500 children are living or working on Lebanon's streets, nearly three-quarters of th...
16 02 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian Refugees Swell Ranks of Lebanon Street Children
Syrian refugees make up the majority of children living and working on the streets of Lebanon, with ...
14 02 2015
Judiciary
Special Tribunal for Lebanon: bringing Hariri’s killers to justice
Six years since it was inaugurated, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has made appreciable progress i...
13 02 2015
Human Rights
Lebanon: UNICEF warns against the engagement of children in armed violence
Children are increasingly vulnerable to recruitment and use by armed groups as conflicts and armed v...
13 02 2015
Detention & prison system
Regard des jeunes Libanais sur la peine de mort
«On estime aujourd'hui à près de 66 le nombre des condamnés à ...
13 02 2015
Judiciary
Shamaa grilled by STL defense
Defense counsel representing five Hezbollah members accused of killing Rafik Hariri sought to poke h...
11 02 2015
Human Rights
Lebanon environment minister to sue hospitals over medical waste
Environment Minister Mohammad Machnouk is prepared to sue all private hospitals who fail to recycle ...
11 02 2015
Refugees' rights
Hariri’s ties with Syrians soured post-Hafez
Rafik Hariri’s relations with Syrian authorities soured after President Bashar Assad assumed t...
09 02 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanon to press EU for more help with refugees
Lebanon to press EU for more help with refugees
BEIRUT: Lebanon will urge the European Union Mond...
08 02 2015
Women’s rights
'Women Entrepreneurs': Now a permanent theme for the New Arab Women Forum
"It is true that this is the 7th Edition of NAWF, but it is the second consecutive NAWF to be h...
07 02 2015
Human Rights
17,000 refugees risk eviction from homes
Around 17,000 refugees in the eastern Bekaa Valley have been ordered by the Lebanese Army to vacate ...
07 02 2015
Women’s rights
New Arab Woman Forum announces conference in Beirut
The organizers of the New Arab Woman Forum announced Friday that their 7th conference will be on Feb...
05 02 2015
Right to fair trial
Jumblatt seeks to delay of STL testimony: report
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt has requested the postponement of his testimony...
05 02 2015
Women’s rights
Le Conseil des ministres élude le mariage civil, et bute sur les rentrées du téléphone mobile...
Le Conseil des ministres d'hier, qui devait débattre, comme le souhaitait le ministre de ...
04 02 2015
Judiciary
STL lawyers grill Diab over ties to suspects linked to Syrian security
Former MP Salim Diab was grilled by defense attorneys at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Tuesday ab...
03 02 2015
Women’s rights
Interior Ministry’s pronouncement on civil marriage spurs controversy
Pro-civil marriage activists rejected an announcement by the Interior Ministry Monday stating that L...
02 02 2015
Refugees' rights
UNRWA facing greater challenges amid dwindling finances By Samya Kullab BEIRUT: This year will be an
This year will be another financial battle for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency to continue operatio...
31 01 2015
Refugees' rights
EU announces $42 million for Syria refugees in Lebanon
An EU delegation announced Saturday that it has pledged 37 million euros ($42 million) in emergency ...
31 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees in Lebanon: This crisis cannot be forgotten
A brutal stretch of winter has just passed, but Syrian refugees living in Lebanon’s Bekaa Vall...
30 01 2015
Human Rights
Region’s first domestic workers union fights for life
At the end of last week, on an otherwise insignificant Sunday, something momentous happened: Lebanon...
30 01 2015
Refugees' rights
En 2014, ce sont surtout les abus à l’égard des Syriens qui ont aggravé la situation des droits huma
Human Rights Watch (HRW) a rendu public hier son rapport mondial annuel visant à évalu...
29 01 2015
Detention & prison system
Judge wants death penalty for 6 over Yves Nawfal killing
The judge responsible for the case of Yves Nawfal’s murder issued Wednesday an indictment reco...
28 01 2015
Women’s rights
Illegal adoption agency charged with child trafficking
An illegal child adoption agency which allegedly worked to convince migrant domestic workers to give...
27 01 2015
Women’s rights
In Baabda Prison, women party to forget their woes
Ululating, gyrating, smoking – the crowd of dancing women could well be a party anywhere in Le...
24 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Dans les mains des petits réfugiés syriens, des caméras...
Ils sont là depuis plus de trois ans et nombre d'entre nous tentent, tant bien que mal, d...
23 01 2015
Judiciary