28 05 2026
Accountability
A Ceasefire That Never Held: Civilian Harm and Impunity in Lebanon
Global context, anchor in Protection of Civilians (PoC) Week theme&nb...
20 04 2026
Human Rights
Position Statement by Syrian and International Organizations on the Renewal of the Mandate of the International Commission of Inquiry on Syria
The undersigned Syrian civil society organisations and international and regional organisa...
15 04 2026
Enforced disappearances
CLDH Statement on the Urgent Need for Action by the National Commission for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons Following the Israeli Strikes of April 8
CLDH Statement on the Urgent Need for Action by the National Commission for Missing and Forcibly Dis...
01 04 2026
Human Rights
Call to the Government of Lebanon to Recognize the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Over Events Since October 8, 2023
We, the undersigned activists and Lebanese, regional, and international civil society ...
01 04 2026
Human Rights
Appel au Gouvernement Libanais pour Reconnaître la Compétence de la Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI) pour les Événements survenus depuis 8 octobre 2023
Nous, activistes et organisations de la société civile libanaises, ré...
17 03 2026
Accountability
Repeated Israeli Targeting of Medical Teams in Lebanon: A Clear Violation of International Law
During the recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon, particularly since 1 March 2026, Israel has directly t...
13 03 2026
Accountability
Protect Civilians and Humanitarian Front-Liners in Lebanon
Today, things are not business as usual in Lebanon.
Within the first 24 hours of the escala...
05 03 2026
Accountability
Unlawful Targeting of Civilians: Israeli Forces Violate International Humanitarian Law Again
On March 1, 2026, Israel started a series of wider attacks co...
30 01 2026
Human Rights
Forced Labor, Unpaid Wages, and Coercion of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: A Call for Accountability
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) raises concern over allegations of forced...
27 01 2026
Human Rights
تحالف حرية التعبير يدين الملاحقات لمنتقدي رئيس الجمهورية
علم "تحالف حرية الرأي والتعبير أن مخابرات الجيش قد استدعت الأسبوع الماضي المواطن محمد عيا...
23 01 2026
Human Rights
Torture Allegations, Death in Custody: Urgent Call for Accountability in the Death of Mohammad Harkous
CLDH expresses serious concern and stresses the urgent need for an independent and imparti...
22 01 2026
Human Rights
2026 Organizational Statement: Close Guantánamo
January 11, 2026 is the shameful 24th anniversary of the opening of the military detention faci...
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08 01 2026
Enforced disappearances
One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure
Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet an...
22 12 2025
Human Rights
CLDH Denounces Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Media Use of a Lebanese War Prisoner
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights condemns Israel’s conduct in carrying out a media intervi...
15 12 2025
Human Rights
Fleeing Violence, Trapped in Exploitation: Syrian Newcomers at Extreme Risk in Lebanon
CLDH denounces emerging cases of exploitation and forced labor involving post December 2024 Syrian r...
14 11 2025
Human Rights
CLDH Calls for Accountability Regarding Ongoing Violations of Children’s Rights
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) warns of the alarming rise in violations committed again...
13 11 2025
Human Rights
CLDH Warns About Draft Law Violating Refugee and Human Rights Standards
On October 31, 2025, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) participated in a discussion panel ...
09 10 2025
Human Rights
Situation of Juveniles Behind Bars: Between Violations of the Juvenile Protection Law and the Absence of Protection, Oversight, and Accountability Mechanisms
Following the suicide of a juvenile at the Warwar Center, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH...
23 09 2025
Human Rights
Ceasefire in name only: Ongoing attacks, occupation and displacement in Lebanon
Today marks one year since the escalation of hostilities erupted across Lebanon in September 2024, f...
22 09 2025
Human Rights
Freedom of Expression at Risk: Summonses and Arrests Reflect a Crisis in the Rule of Law
Freedom of Expression at Risk: Summonses and Arrests Reflect a Crisis in the Rule of Law
Th...
16 09 2025
Human Rights
Lebanon: Ensure Draft Media Law Upholds Free Expression
Lebanon: Ensure Draft Media Law Upholds Free Expression
Recently Proposed Amendments Would Restrict...
08 09 2025
Human Rights
OPEN LETTER TO THE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY
For a humanitarian reset that preserves what is essential and strengthens the leadership
of W...
14 08 2025
Human Rights
CONCERNS OVER USA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
Joint Statement of the UPR Project at BCU and UPR Academic Network regarding the United St...
23 07 2025
Freedom of expression
Egyptian authorities must immediately stop subjecting Mohamed Abdel Salam and other human rights defenders to harassment or intimidation
Egypt: Rights Groups Call for End to State Harassment of Human Rights Defender Mohamed Abdel Salam a...
19 07 2025
Human Rights
Georges Abdallah: Delayed Release and a Responsibility to Uphold Justice
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) welcomes the decision of the French Court of A...
19 07 2025
Human Rights
Georges Abdallah : libération tardive et responsabilité de faire respecter la justice
Le Centre libanais des droits humains (CLDH) salue la décision de la Cour...
11 07 2025
Freedom of expression
Tunisia must release jailed commentator Sonia Dahmani, end weaponization of Decree 54
We, the undersigned media and human rights organizations, call on the Tunisian authorities...
09 07 2025
Human Rights
A roundtable discussion focused on child-friendly justice for juveniles in conflict with the law
Beirut, July 3–4, 2025 – The Lebanese Center for Human Rights organized a roundtabl...
08 07 2025
Human Rights
Breaking the Silence: Torture Against Human Rights Defenders
Press Release:
“Breaking the Silence: Torture Against Human Rights Defenders"
On Ju...
30 06 2025
Judiciary
Challenges to Judicial Independence
Beirut, June 27, 2025 – The Lebanese Center for Human Rights organized a roundtable entitled &...
27 06 2025
Human Rights
Call for the Release of Georges Abdallah
Beirut, June 18, 2025
To His Excellency the Ambassador of France to Leb...
28 05 2025
Human Rights
Ceasefire Commitments and IHL Obligations Must Be Respected
Joint Statement by Humanitarian, Development, and Human Rights Organizations in Leba...
16 05 2025
Freedom of expression
Blocking News Websites in Jordan is a Grave Violation of Freedom of Expression
Joint Statement: The Blocking of News Websites in Jordan is a Grave Violation of Freedom o...
09 05 2025
Freedom of expression
The Freedom of Expression Coalition Calls on the Tripoli Bar Association to Revoke Its Circular Imposing Prior Censorship on Lawyers’ Freedom of Expression
The Freedom of Expression Coalition Calls on the Tripoli Bar Association to Revoke Its Cir...
28 03 2025
Human Rights
Report Launching About the Israeli Targeting of Medical Personnel in Lebanon
On March 28, 2025, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights organized an online discussion to launch its...
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26 03 2025
Human Rights
In Solidarity with Daraj and Megaphone Amid A Coordinated Campaign
In Solidarity with Daraj and Megaphone Amid A Coordinated Campaign
In light of the coor...
20 03 2025
Freedom of expression
Against Suspicious Campaigns Killing the “State”
Against Suspicious Campaigns Killing the “State”
With the objective of in...
18 03 2025
Human Rights
The EU Must Prioritize Justice, Accountability, and Civil Society in Syria’s Transition
As the Brussels 9 Conference on Syria convenes today, bringing together key ...
26 02 2025
Human Rights
Press Release - Coverage of Human Rights During Crises
Recognizing Journalists
For Their Coverage of Human Rights Du...
19 02 2025
Torture
Protection of Egyptian-Turkish Poet Abdulrahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi Extradited from Lebanon to the United Arab Emirates
Beirut, 18/02/2025
Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of th...
18 02 2025
Human Rights
Serious Escalation: Israeli Violations Continue, Threatening Civilian Security
Israel persists its ongoing assaults and violations in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, escala...
31 01 2025
Freedom of expression
Freedom of Expression Is Met with Arbitrary Dismissal
Freedom of Expression meets Arbitrary Dismissal
On December 16, 2024, the "A...
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30 01 2025
Human Rights
Joint Statement by Organisations in Lebanon: We need a Permanent Ceasefire and a Just Recovery
Joint Statement by humanitarian, development and human rights organisations in Lebanon:&nb...
23 12 2024
Human Rights
Syria: Urgent Call for Justice, Accountability, and an Inclusive Political Transition
Syria: Urgent Call for Justice, Accountability, and an Inclusive Political Transition
The undersi...
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10 12 2024
Enforced disappearances
Statement on the Lebanese Individuals Forcibly Disappeared in Syria
Statement on the Lebanese Individuals Forcibly Disappeared in Syria
The Ass...
05 12 2024
Torture
Torture to Death: Military Justice Fails to Deliver
On November 1, 2024, the Beirut military court issued its verdict in the case of...
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28 11 2024
Detention & prison system
Bashar Abdul Saud Torture Turned Negligence Case
Bashar Abdul Saud Torture Turned Negligence Case
The case of Bashar Abdul Saud marks a pivo...
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14 11 2024
Human Rights
Global Coalition of NGOs Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Lebanon
Global Coalition of NGOs Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Lebanon
In light of the ...
12 11 2024
Human Rights
LHDF Urgent Condemnation of Israeli Targeted Attacks on Healthcare System and Humanitarian Personnel
The Lebanon Humanitarian and Development NGOs Forum (LHDF) Urgent Condemnation of Israeli Targeted A...
06 11 2024
Human Rights
Joint NGO Letter to UN Member States on the situation in Lebanon: The UN Human Rights Council should urgently convene a special session to establish an international investigative mechanism
Joint NGO Letter to UN Member States on the situation in Lebanon:
The UN Human Rights Council sh...
30 10 2024
Accountability
Urgent Call to Address Human Rights Violations in Lebanon and the Justification of Civilian Attacks Through Dehumanizing Rhetoric
Your Excellency Ambassador Kurt Georg Stoeckl-Stillfried,
Ambassador of Germany t...
29 10 2024
Human Rights
Children in Peril: An Urgent Call for Protection Amid Israeli Escalation
Since September 17 and 18, Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon with deliberate e...
29 10 2024
Human Rights
Children in Peril: An Urgent Call for Protection Amid Israeli Escalation
Since September 17 and 18, Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon with deliberate e...
25 10 2024
Freedom of expression
Statement Condemning Israel’s Targeting of Journalists in Lebanon and Palestine
Statement Condemning Israel’s Targeting of Journalists in Lebanon and Palestine
...
24 10 2024
Human Rights
Open Call for a Ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel and End to Impunity amid a Spiralling Humanitarian Catastrophe and Escalating Regional Conflict
We, the undersigned organisations, appeal to all UN member states to secure an immed...
18 10 2024
Human Rights
Statement of Condemnation Against the Assault on Civilians and Public Humiliation
Statement of Condemnation Against the Assault on Civilians and Public H...
10 10 2024
Human Rights
ECHR's condemnation of Cyprus' pushbacks to Lebanon
JOINT PRESS RELEASE 08/10/2024
ECHR's condemnation of Cyprus' pushbacks t...
03 10 2024
Accountability
After Gaza, Israel brings war to Lebanon
After Gaza, Israel brings war to Lebanon
Beirut, Brussels, Paris, 2 October 2024.&n...
16 08 2024
Freedom of expression
Content Moderation & Human Rights: Can We Navigate the Challenge? A Workshop Organized by the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH)
Beirut August 9, 2024 – The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) organized a workshop and e...
07 08 2024
Refugees' rights
Sin El Fil Municipality Violates the Right to Education
On June 25, 2024, the Municipality of Sin El Fil issued a circular requesting all private ...
24 07 2024
Human Rights
Statement on the protection of children from exploitation in Lebanon:
Addressed to the community, parliament, government, judiciary, security se...
23 07 2024
Accountability
Urgent Need to Broaden the Investigation Scope of Bashar Al Saud's Case and Achieve Justice
The fifth trial session in the case of the murder of Bashar Al Saud took place on July 5 at the perm...
17 07 2024
Human Rights
CLDH Calls for Accountability Over EU Assistance in Lebanon
CLDH Calls for Accountability Over EU Assistance in Lebanon (1)
As per the statement by the High ...
27 06 2024
Torture
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: A Roundtable Discussion Titled "Beyond Testimonies: Advocating for a Fairer Justice for Torture Victims"
Beirut, 26 June 2024 – On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Tortu...
07 06 2024
Right to fair trial
Applying and Respecting the Law: A National Duty
The Lebanese Centre for Human Rights stresses the importance of the judicial position on t...
05 06 2024
Human Rights
EU’s €1 Billion Aid to Lebanon: Masking Migration Control with Financial Aid
A trilateral meeting took place at the Grand Serail in Beirut on May 2, 2024. It included the Lebane...
03 06 2024
Right to fair trial
Calling on the Caretaker Government in Lebanon to Resort to the International Criminal Court: A National Need to Activate Justice
Since October 8, 2023, Lebanon has been subjected to daily violations of i...
16 05 2024
Refugees' rights
Lebanon: Hundreds of Thousands of Syrian Refugees at Imminent Risk of Deportation
Lebanon should immediately halt forced deportations of Syrian refugees and reverse a set of unpreced...
10 05 2024
Human Rights
Press Release – Roundtable Discussion on the Organization of Forensic Medicine
Beirut, 10 May 2024 - The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH), with the support of the Norwegian...
02 05 2024
Refugees' rights
Joint Statement – Respect International Law in EU-Lebanon Migration Deal
Lebanese authorities and the European Union must respect their obligations under international law a...
30 04 2024
Human Rights
Tell Meta: Stop Silencing Palestine
A coalition of Palestinian and global digital groups, representatives of the #StopSilencingPalestine...
19 04 2024
Human Rights
Cyprus-Lebanon: Stop Systemic Attacks to the Right to Asylum!
Over the last days, international media reported several attacks by Cypriot authorities ...
05 04 2024
Judiciary
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) and The Tripoli Bar Association (TBA) Establish a Cooperation Agreement
Led by CLDH’s Executive Director Fadel Fakih and the head of the Tripoli Bar Association Sami ...
04 04 2024
Human Rights
Child Labor in Lebanon: Challenges and Urgent Need for Protection
In the upcoming months, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) will highlight the challenges as...
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02 04 2024
Refugees' rights
Increased Frequency of Deportations and Hate Speech Against Refugees
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) strongly condemns the escalating frequency of ...
07 03 2024
Women’s rights
International Women’s Day 2024: Wreaking Havoc on Women’s Fundamental Rights in Palestine
Press release (March 08, 2024) -- International Women’s Day 2024: Wreaking Havoc on Women&rsqu...
28 02 2024
Accountability
120+ local and international entities demand an independent investigation into Israel's targeting of journalists in Lebanon
More than 120 local and international bodies submitted two official letters to t...
13 02 2024
Human Rights
Gaza: Alive Until Further Notice
Gaza: Alive Until Further Notice
By Yasmine Fakhry
In a world with no red line...
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06 02 2024
Human Rights
Lebanon: Seeking Justice for Migrants
Since 2014, February 6th has been globally recognized as the "Global Day of...
30 01 2024
Human Rights
“Tabligh” Application: incitement, racism and absence of the concept of State and the rule of law
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights considers the initiative of Beirut's MP, Ghassan ...
29 01 2024
Accountability
Israeli violations Lebanon since October 8, 2023
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) presents below some of the major Israeli viola...
22 12 2023
Human Rights
Press Release: "Safe from Slavery: Empowering Migrant Workers in Lebanon"
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights organized a Panel discussion as part of a program funded by the...
21 12 2023
Abolishing Slavery
Safe from Slavery: Empowering Migrant Workers in Lebanon
Press Release: "Safe from Slavery: Empowering Migrant Workers in Lebanon"
...
19 12 2023
Detention & prison system
Mental Health Behind Bars
In light of accumulating crises and enduring inequalities in Lebanon, prisoners have found...
10 12 2023
Human Rights
Training on Monitoring and Fact-Checking Human Rights Violations
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights Holds Training on Monitoring and Fact-Checking Human Rights Vio...
07 12 2023
Human Rights
Statement on Preserving Access to Public Places in Lebanon
CLDH voices its commitment to upholding and advocating for human rights, particularly the ...
05 12 2023
Detention & prison system
التحقق من انتهاكات حقوق الانسان في مراكز التوقيف
التحقق من انتهاكات حقوق الانسان في مراكز التوقيف
في...
05 12 2023
Human Rights
Monitoring Human Rights Violations in Lebanese Detention Centers:
Monitoring Human Rights Violations in Lebanese Detention Centers:
...
28 11 2023
Freedom of expression
Lebanon: Proposed media law poses grave threat to freedom of expression
The Lebanese Parliament’s Administration and Justice Committee is on the v...
20 11 2023
Human Rights
Statement: Renewed Israeli Attacks on Journalists in South Lebanon
Exactly a month after Israel targeted journalists in South Lebanon and killed videographer Issam Al ...
06 11 2023
Human Rights
Lebanese authorities fail to protect the right to peaceful assembly during the Freedom March of 30 September 2023
Lebanese authorities fail to protect the right to peaceful assembly during the Freedom March of 30 S...
24 10 2023
Human Rights
Statement by Lebanon CSOs on the situation in occupied Palestine and Lebanon
We are deeply shocked at the horrendous attack carried out on the night of 17 October into...
23 10 2023
Judiciary
Lebanon's Juvenile Justice System-Between Law and Reality
Beirut, Lebanon - October 23, 2023 & Bekaa, Lebanon - October 27, 2023
The Lebanese Cen...
20 10 2023
Human Rights
Civil society statement: Restore Telecoms and Internet Connectivity in Gaza Now!
The MENA Alliance for Digital Rights and other civil society organizations condemn, in the...
05 10 2023
Refugees' rights
Increasing Pushbacks, Border Violence and Deaths at Lebanese Syrian Border
The Lebanese Army has recently scaled up its border control measures, resulting in a sharp increase ...
05 10 2023
Refugees' rights
Leaked letter on intended Cyprus-Lebanon joint border controls: increased deaths and human rights violations
In an increasingly worrying context for migrants and refugees in Cyprus, with the recent escalation ...
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28 09 2023
Human Rights
No investigations into the actions of Soldiers of God, a month after submitting a Denunciation
Despite the fact that CLDH submitted a Denunciation to the Public Prosecutor’s offic...
26 09 2023
Human Rights
Statement on Minors
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights has witnessed an increase in arbitrary decisions regardin...
18 09 2023
Human Rights
Joint Statement Denouncing the Use of Drug Charges to Repress Freedoms and Liberties
The signatories to this statement condemn the use of drug charges as a tactic to repress freedoms an...
07 09 2023
LGBTQ+ Rights
Statement on the Submission of a Denunciation to the Public Prosecutor’s Office Following Attacks on LGBTIQ+ Individuals and Allies
CLDH condemns the attacks by the group called “Soldiers of God” on LGBTIQ+ individuals a...
05 09 2023
LGBTQ+ Rights
Lebanon: Attack on Freedoms Targets LGBTI People
Lebanon: Attack on Freedoms Targets LGBTI People
Repressive Legislation; Unlawful Crackdown
...
03 08 2023
Human Rights
The Future of Lebanon’s Impunity and Human Insecurity, Three years after the Beirut Blast
Independent Oversight Board of the Lebanon Reform, Recovery, and Reconstruction Framework
T...
24 07 2023
Refugees' rights
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Collaborate to Address Civil Documentation Challenges for Syrian Refugees
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Collaborat...
20 07 2023
Human Rights
Civil Society Organizations Condemn Sentencing of Egyptian Academic and Researcher Patrick George Zaki
July 18, 2023
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the three-year prison sent...
07 07 2023
Human Rights
Statement from the Families of the Missing Boat Victims and the “Justice for the Boat Victims” Campaign
&n...
06 07 2023
Freedom of expression
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights condemns the online intimidation campaign and threats against journalist Walid Hussein
&n...
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05 07 2023
Judiciary
For the first time in Lebanon: The Criminal Court of Cassation ratifies a decision implementing the provisions of Law 65/2017
...
26 06 2023
Human Rights
Lebanon: 5 years on, no tangible progress in enforcing anti-torture law
Lebanon: 5 years on, no tangible progress in enforcing anti-torture law
Joint Statement to th...
22 06 2023
Human Rights
Report Launching Regarding Palestinian Refugees' Migration from Lebanon
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH), the Palestinian Human Rights Organization (PHRO), H...
20 06 2023
Human Rights
Independent Oversight Board of the Lebanon Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) Communiqué - June 19th, 2023
The Independent Oversight Board of the Lebanon Reform, Recovery, & Reconstruction Framework (3RF...
20 06 2023
Human Rights
Independent Oversight Board of the Lebanon Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) Position Paper - June 20th, 2023
Independent Oversight Board of the Lebanon Reform, Recovery, and Reconstruction Framework
Pos...
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"
&n...
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
&n...
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
...
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
&...
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
Sélim Diab confirme devant le TSL la menace d’Assad à Rafic Hariri : « Je détruirai le Liban sur ta
L'ancien député Sélim Diab, qui était un proche collaborateur de l&#...
23 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee childrenbare their souls in photo exhibition
Five hundred Syrian children in camps plus 500 disposable cameras equals 500 raw snapshots into life...
22 01 2015
Human Rights
Cold classrooms make school difficult, students say
Editor’s note: Students’ names have been changed upon request to protect their privacy.
...
22 01 2015
Judiciary
STL hears how assassins acquired SIM cards
Witness testimonies during a hearing for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Wednesday laid out in deta...
21 01 2015
Accountability
Khoury rapporte devant le TSL les menaces syriennes à l’adresse de Rafic Hariri
L'ancien député Ghattas Khoury a témoigné hier, pour la troisi&egrav...
20 01 2015
Right to fair trial
Khoury before STL: Fleihan Spoke of Real Threat to Hariri's Life Days before Assassination
Former MP Ghattas Khoury concluded on Tuesday his testimony before the Prosecution at the Special Tr...
20 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Germany donates $40M to support Syrian refugee children in Lebanon
Germany has donated 34.2 million euros ($39.6 million) to the U.N.’s children fund to support ...
19 01 2015
Women’s rights
HRW: Lebanon Religious Laws Violate Women's Rights
Lebanese laws and courts governing marriage and child custody "discriminate against women"...
17 01 2015
Judiciary
La Cour suprême israélienne rejette la plainte de Moustapha Dirani
La Cour suprême israélienne a jugé non recevable la plainte, déposé...
16 01 2015
Torture
Mustafa Dirani Loses Israel Torture Suit
Israel's Supreme Court has thrown out a suit by a former Lebanese prisoner seeking damages from ...
15 01 2015
Human Rights
Azzi : « Les enfants sont victimes de la société et de l’État »
Le ministre du Travail, Sejaan Azzi, a présidé hier une réunion de la commissio...
15 01 2015
Judiciary
Ex-MP Ghattas Khoury Testifies to STL on Extension of Lahoud's Term, Syrian Threats against him
Former MP Ghattas Khoury appeared on Thursday before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as a witness t...
15 01 2015
Women’s rights
Syrian refugee woman freezes to death as Lebanon snowfall resumes
A Syrian refugee woman froze to death in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Thursday, as falling temperatu...
14 01 2015
Human Rights
L’opération coup de poing de Roumieh vaut à Machnouk et aux FSI des félicitations unanimes
Au lendemain du transfèrement de tous les détenus de droit commun et jihadistes d...
14 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanese brave cold to show solidarity with refugees
As the minibus pulled inside Hamdanieh refugee camp in the snow covered Bekaa Valley town of Al-Marj...
13 01 2015
Detention & prison system
Detainees' 'Operation Room' Destroyed in Roumieh Prison Raid
Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Machnouk spent a long, security-intense day at Roumieh Prison t...
13 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Emergency refugee aid distributed across Lebanon
Emergency refugee aid was delivered Tuesday to more than two thousand Syrian families across Lebanon...
12 01 2015
Refugees' rights
11,5 millions de dollars de l’Unicef pour aider les enfants les plus vulnérables à passer l’hiver
Pour aider les réfugiés syriens à faire face au froid, l'Unicef et ses ONG ...
10 01 2015
Human Rights
Employers must bear cost of foreign workers: Azzi
Lebanese employers must bear the expenses of hiring foreign workers and provide them with a work per...
10 01 2015
Human Rights
Azzi : C’est aux employeurs de s’acquitter des frais de recrutement, non aux employés étrangers
Dans un communiqué, le ministre du Travail, Sejaan Azzi, a annoncé que tout employeur ...
09 01 2015
Detention & prison system
5 Lebanon brothers sentenced to death over 2007 killings
Lebanon’s judiciary sentenced five brothers from the Shamas family to death in abstentia Frida...
09 01 2015
Refugees' rights
UNICEF Lebanon: 11.5 million dollars winter supplies to help children most affected by the storm
Displaced children from Syria living in flimsy makeshift tents at high altitudes have been strugglin...
08 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrian visa rules don't apply to refugees: Lebanon minister
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas reiterated Thursday that the controversial new measures requir...
06 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Syrians confused by new entry measures imposed on them
Majid’s residency papers will expire in 10 days, and the coffee shop worker says he doesn&rsqu...
05 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Labor unions mull syndicate that includes migrant workers
Migrant domestic workers may become part of new trade union, the first of its kind in the Arab world...
05 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Conditions d’entrée des Syriens : un formulaire à remplir plutôt qu’un visa
L'ambassadeur de Syrie, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, a indiqué samedi qu'il comprenait la d&e...
04 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Syria entry visas aim to differentiate refugee from visitor: Lebanon minister
Requiring visas for Syrians wishing to enter Lebanon is meant to differentiate a refugee from a visi...
03 01 2015
Judiciary
U.N. renews Hariri special tribunal mandate for three years
The U.N. Secretary-General renewed the mandate of the court trying the alleged assassins of former P...
03 01 2015
Judiciary
Lebanon Imposes Visas on Syrians for First Time
Lebanon is to impose visa restrictions on Syrians for the first time after being overwhelmed by an i...
02 01 2015
Refugees' rights
Lebanon's Domestic Workers Move to Protect Rights
Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are set to protect their rights under a trade union — the ...
02 01 2015
Judiciary
Lebanon announces unprecedented entry restrictions for Syrians
Lebanon’s General Security approved unprecedented entry restrictions for Syrian nationals who ...
29 12 2014
Judiciary
STL looks to maintain trial momentum in 2015
With the trial in full swing and testimony implicating Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime ...
27 12 2014
Human Rights
Report: STL May Summon Hizbullah MP as it Seeks to Add 6th Suspect in Amended Indictment
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is working on an amended indictment that will include the name of a...
26 12 2014
Refugees' rights
Syria Refugees Suffer Bitter Cold of Lebanon Winter
With just blankets to shield them against the icy wind and rain, Abu Ali's family huddles in a f...
25 12 2014
Refugees' rights
Tent School Offers Hope to Syrian Child Refugees in Lebanon
In a squalid camp in eastern Lebanon, a school in a tent with a chalkboard and brightly colored desk...
19 12 2014
Refugees' rights
Les réfugiés irakiens, « des touristes » pour l’État libanais et non pas des réfugiés
L'évêché chaldéen de Beyrouth a dénoncé hier «&nb...
18 12 2014
Torture
France 'psychologically torturing' Lebanese prisoner: activists
Activists lobbying for the release of jailed Lebanese leftist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah accused Franc...
17 12 2014
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee children bear brunt of WFP food aid cuts
Ahmad stirred only slightly as he slept in the improvised cot made from a cardboard box his parents ...
16 12 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon, U.N. seek $2.14B for refugees
Stabilizing Lebanon amid a deluge of 1.2 million Syrian refugees was the focus of a joint response p...
11 12 2014
Enforced disappearances
Les familles des victimes de disparition forcée appellent à une « reconnaissance officielle » de leu
Plus qu'un espace public, le jardin Gebran Khalil Gebran au centre-ville de Beyrouth est le symb...
10 12 2014
Judiciary
Hamadé au TSL : La polarisation 8-14 Mars a conduit le Liban au bord de l’abîme
C'est une audience agitée et tendue au plus haut point qui s'est déroulé...
08 12 2014
Women’s rights
Lebanese women underrepresented in the workplace
Women in Lebanon continue to outnumber men in universities but are underrepresented in the workplace...
07 12 2014
Judiciary
MP Moukheiber urges Lebanon to join ICC
MP Ghassan Moukheiber Sunday called on the International Criminal Court to prosecute war criminals i...
05 12 2014
Refugees' rights
UN raises one-third of the needed amount to resume food program
The U.N.'s World Food Program has so far raised one-third of the needed amount to resume its ref...
04 12 2014
Human Rights
Lebanon facing 'catastrophe’ after UN food cuts for Syrians: minister
Lebanon is heading towards catastrophe as a result of the World Food Program’s recent decision...
01 12 2014
Refugees' rights
Destitute and trapped Syrian refugees dread winter’s cold
With shoulders hunched against the bitter cold, a group of Syrian refugees shouted over one another....
29 11 2014
Women’s rights
« Les interrogations de Zalfa », une campagne de sensibilisation à la loi 293 sur la violence domest
Zalfa est une Libanaise qui a longtemps été victime de discrimination, d'injustice...
28 11 2014
Detention & prison system
Former terror suspect recalls Roumieh hell
For five years, Ahmad slept with tissues wadded in his ears, hoping to dissuade the cockroaches of R...
27 11 2014
Detention & prison system
Governor vows to assist detainees in Tripoli prison
North Lebanon Governor Ramzi Nahra pledged Thursday to improve detention conditions for prisoners he...
26 11 2014
Judiciary
Le TSL dément les informations véhiculées par al-Jadeed au sujet du juge Chamseddine
Dans un communiqué, le Tribunal spécial pour le Liban a démenti hier les accusa...
24 11 2014
Refugees' rights
STL defense exasperated by prosecution’s change of tack
A top defense lawyer at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon spoke out Sunday against prosecutors for ra...
20 11 2014
Refugees' rights
Salam urges Arab banks to help Lebanon with Syrian refugee crisis
Prime Minister Tammam Salam Thursday appealed to Arab banks to help Lebanon cope with the burden of ...
19 11 2014
Human Rights
De Freij: STL's evidences reveal matters
Minister of Administrative Reform, MP Nabil de Freij, on Wednesday stressed that STL has entered int...
18 11 2014
Detention & prison system
Changing Roumieh Islamists’ sentences legally impossible
Changing the court’s ruling over the case of five Roumieh prisoners, as per the demands of Isl...
17 11 2014
Detention & prison system
Death sentence against Islamist detainees reduced to life imprisonment
Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi on Monday stressed that "death sentence against Islamist detainees...
14 11 2014
Human Rights
Over 100 boys fell victim to Sidon sextortionist: ISF
A 22-year-old Palestinian man arrested last week for using social media to sexually extort Internet ...
14 11 2014
Refugees' rights
Key witness Hamade to testify at STL next week
MP Marwan Hamade, who survived an assassination attempt in 2004, will be called to testify Monday at...
14 11 2014
Judiciary
Le politique s’invite au TSL : la défense conteste l’admissibilité du témoignage de Marwan Hamadé
C'est probablement l'une des audiences les plus houleuses qui ait jamais eu lieu au Tribunal...
12 11 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon minister: Syrian refugees dropped by 100,000
The number of Syrian refugees has dropped in recent months, as the government reviewed the criteria ...
12 11 2014
Refugees' rights
La Commission européenne augmente son aide humanitaire au Liban à l’approche de l’hiver
La Commission européenne a augmenté son aide humanitaire destinée aux ré...
11 11 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon minister: Syrian refugee registrations drop by 4,000
The number of Syrian refugees registered with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon wen...
08 11 2014
Detention & prison system
Death penalty requested for failed bombers
A judge requested the death penalty Friday for two alleged would-be suicide bombers, a Frenchman and...
08 11 2014
Human Rights
Salam Resorts to Undetailed Financial Process to Fund STL
Prime Minister Tammam Salam used an undetailed financial process to pay Lebanon’s full share o...
08 11 2014
Refugees' rights
Abou Faour: International community fails in dealing with the displaced case
Minister of Public Health Wael Abou Faour noted Saturday that the international community failed in ...
07 11 2014
Refugees' rights
Violence and refugees top human rights summit
Violence and refugees were the two hot topics at a humanitarian summit gathering more than 30 Lebane...
06 11 2014
Detention & prison system
La neuvième demande de libération de Georges Ibrahim Abdallah rejetée
Plusieurs personnes ont réclamé hier devant l'ambassade de France à Beyrout...
06 11 2014
Human Rights
USAID donates over 40 Million Dollars to improve public schools
The U.S. Agency for International Development launched Wednesday a $41.2 million education program f...
01 11 2014
Refugees' rights
Army raids refugee sites in northeast Lebanon
The Lebanese Army launched raids on Syrian refugee gatherings in northeast Lebanon Saturday in searc...
01 11 2014
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés : mise au point sur les aboutissements de la conférence de Berlin
Le conseiller du Premier ministre Tammam Salam, Chadi Karam, a dressé le bilan des principaux...
31 10 2014
Women’s rights
NGO urges state to enforce anal test ban
Prime Minister Tammam Salam has yet to respond to a letter he received earlier this month from a sex...
31 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Drop in refugee registrants: UNHCR
The number of Syrian refugees registering with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon ha...
30 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Plumbly Rules Out Naturalization of Syrian Refugees
U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly ruled out the naturalization of Syrian refugees, ...
30 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Shutting the door
With the Syrian refugee population set to reach 1.5 million by the end of the year, Lebanon has deci...
30 10 2014
Human Rights
Shameful inequality
Lebanese have made several bids in recent years to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, with th...
29 10 2014
Refugees' rights
International donors pledge to boost Syrian refugee aid
An international conference on the Syrian refugee crisis vowed Tuesday to extend long-term financial...
29 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés syriens : À Berlin, le cri d’alarme de Salam s’est fait entendre
Le Premier ministre Tammam Salam a réussi à tirer le plus grand bénéfice...
29 10 2014
Women’s rights
Lebanon ranked eighth worst country for gender equality
Lebanon is the world’s eighth worst country in terms of gender equality and ranks second worst...
28 10 2014
Judiciary
STL Pre-trial Conference in Contempt Case against Al Jadeed, Karma Khayat Set for Nov. 3
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Contempt Judge Nicola Lettieri scheduled a pre-trial conference in the ...
28 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Salam: Refugees the most dangerous issue
Prime Minister Tammam Salam said Monday, after arriving in Germany to attend a Syrian refugee confer...
27 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Schooling for Syrian refugee children gets inventive
Youmna stopped going to her school in Aleppo two years ago, when it was bombed. “I miss my fri...
21 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon to stop accepting Syrian refugees
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas announced Monday that Lebanon would accept no more Syrian refu...
21 10 2014
Human Rights
Bassil à l’Ena : De terre d’asile, laisserons-nous le Liban devenir une terre pour les réfugiés ?
C'est un discours global, qui expose les nouvelles orientations de la diplomatie libanaise et sa...
20 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Le Liban limite l’entrée des déplacés, la réservant uniquement aux cas humanitaires, confirme l’UNHC
Le ministre des Affaires sociales, Rachid Derbas, a souligné que « le Liban n'...
20 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Salam to Highlight Ongoing Refugees Crisis during International Meet in Berlin
Prime Minister Tammam Salam is expected to tackle the lingering crisis of Syrian refugees on Lebanes...
20 10 2014
Refugees' rights
The situation is only getting worse. There are more refugee children, and less funding
Every fall, schools across Lebanon open their doors for returning students, however Syrian children ...
18 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Refugees evacuated after heavy rains flood north Lebanon
Hundreds of Syrian refugees had to be evacuated Saturday morning from informal settlements in north ...
15 10 2014
Human Rights
Lebanon receives 130M euros from EU for justice and security
The European Union has allocated more than 130 million euros ($164.8 million) to Lebanon in a new Me...
14 10 2014
Torture
Torture is widespread in Lebanon, U.N. report says
Torture is widespread and systematically practiced throughout Lebanon by security agencies and Hezbo...
11 10 2014
Detention & prison system
Une peine de mort encore plus inadmissible
Au Liban, l'insuffisance et le manque d'indépendance du système judiciaire ren...
11 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Winter refugee support on thin ice as funding dwindles
With winter around the corner, aid organizations in Lebanon are scrambling to prepare Syrian refugee...
10 10 2014
Detention & prison system
The International Day Against the Death Penalty – an opportunity for Lebanon
On the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, there is a need to reflect on the great ach...
10 10 2014
Human Rights
Lebanon shutters two maid agencies for violating labor law
Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi Friday ordered the closure of two domestic worker recruitment agencies in...
10 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Les camps palestiniens ne seront pas utilisés pour semer la discorde au Liban
Une réunion s'est tenue, hier, entre plusieurs factions palestiniennes, dans le camp de R...
10 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Derbas: For unified national stance in addressing refugees' dossier
Social Affairs Minister, Rashid Derbas, highlighted the gravity of the Syrian refugees' dossier,...
10 10 2014
Women’s rights
Bassil announces economic project to empower women
A project that aims at reinforcing the role of women in the Lebanese economy will be announced soon ...
09 10 2014
Detention & prison system
Joint declaration by EU on Death Penalty
On the occasion of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union High Rep...
09 10 2014
Women’s rights
Maid Kills Toddler Girl to Cover Up House Items Theft
After her mysterious death shocked the public opinion, investigations revealed Thursday that the tod...
09 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Accès à l’éducation bilingue pour les petits réfugiés syriens
L'afflux des réfugiés syriens au Liban a placé l'enseignement public fa...
08 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Bou Faour sur les réfugiés syriens : « Nous tournons dans un cercle vicieux »
Le ministre de la Santé, Waël Bou Faour, a discuté avec la représentante d...
07 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Pour l’Adha, des volontaires offrent une parenthèse festive à des réfugiés syriens de la Békaa
Pour l'occasion, adultes et enfants portent leurs plus beaux vêtements. Une double occasio...
04 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Curfews for Syrian refugees feed hostility, HRW says
Curfews imposed on Syrians in villages across Lebanon amount to a “violation of Lebanon’...
04 10 2014
Refugees' rights
La discrimination envers les réfugiés syriens au Liban pointée du doigt
Insultes, agressions et couvre-feux : les mauvais traitements subis par certains réfugi&eacut...
03 10 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon: At Least 45 Local Curfews Imposed on Syrian Refugees Some Appear to Be Retaliation for Augu
Lebanese municipalities have increasingly imposed curfews on Syrian refugees. The curfews restrict r...
02 10 2014
Human Rights
Social Affairs Ministry launches protection program for Lebanese women and children
A new 'National Plan to Safeguard Children and Women in Lebanon,' was launched Wednesday, fo...
01 10 2014
Refugees' rights
HRW slams civilian attacks on Syrian refugees
Human Rights Watch Lebanon Tuesday slammed revenge attacks by Lebanese on Syrian refugees in respons...
30 09 2014
Women’s rights
Project prepares 70 women for 2016 municipal elections
Seventy women are set to participate in 2016's municipal elections thanks to a project that aime...
30 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Bou Saab aujourd’hui à New York : 325 000 enfants syriens n’ont pas pu renter à l’école au Liban
C'est aujourd'hui que le ministre de l'Éducation Élias Bou Saab se rend &a...
29 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Moving refugees would remove refugee claim on Arsal: official
Moving refugees in Arsal elsewhere in Lebanon would not only assuage the burden of hosting Syrians o...
29 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Nouhad Machnouk propose de déplacer les camps de réfugiés de Ersal
Le ministre de l'Intérieur, Nouhad Machnouk, a proposé samedi de « d&ea...
28 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Derbas: Establishing refugee camps in Arsal is a security matter
Minister of Social affairs, Rashid Derbas, dubbed the establishment of new camps for Syrian refugees...
27 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees must be transferred outside of Arsal: minister
Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk will propose to the Cabinet that the government move thousands of ...
22 09 2014
Detention & prison system
Death penalty recommended for terror suspects in Lebanon
The military investigative judge has recommended the death penalty for four suspects accused of belo...
22 09 2014
Enforced disappearances
Government hands over file on missing and disappeared
The families of the of the disappeared in Lebanon were provided with a copy of the government’...
20 09 2014
Women’s rights
Landmark verdict issued over domestic violence case
A Lebanese judge issued a ruling to prevent future domestic abuse. The rare decision, issued Thursda...
18 09 2014
Enforced disappearances
« La permanence des familles des disparus », tous les jeudis face au Grand Sérail
Les familles des détenus libanais en Syrie et des disparus au Liban n'auront de ré...
18 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees settle residency status in Lebanon
Syrian refugees in south Lebanon Thursday flocked for a third day to General Security offices to set...
17 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Salam s’active sur le dossier des réfugiés syriens
Le Premier ministre, Tammam Salam, a présidé hier la réunion de la cellule de c...
16 09 2014
Detention & prison system
Qatar to help build Lebanon central prison: Areiji
Qatari assistance to Lebanon will go beyond the current hostage crisis, with the country pledging to...
16 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Refugee crisis hinders Lebanon development
In the face of the the Syrian refugee crisis, Lebanon is failing to meet vital national development ...
16 09 2014
Torture
L’administrateur du Pnud en visite au Liban pour l’aider à surmonter la crise des réfugiés
Helen Clark, administratrice du Pnud, effectue une tournée de quatre jours au Liban. C'es...
15 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Migrant children expelled from Lebanon
Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch reported a “recent decision by General Securi...
14 09 2014
Judiciary
Jumblatt: Trials could end Lebanese hostage crisis in days
The kidnapped soldiers’ crisis could be resolved in a matter of days if the judiciary showed t...
13 09 2014
Judiciary
TSL : conférence de mise en état dans l’affaire al-Amine
Le Tribunal spécial pour le Liban a tenu hier une conférence de mise en état da...
13 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Grosse perquisition dans des camps syriens à Tyr et à Dekouané
Une imposante unité de l'armée a effectué une série de perquisitions...
12 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Derbas: New camp to house 35 thousand Syrian refugees
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas said that a new Syrian refugee camp planned to be built in the...
11 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Cabinet to build experimental camps for Syrian refugees
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas said in remarks published Thursday that the cabinet has decide...
10 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Sidon refugees escape nationwide tensions, for now
As Syrian refugees across Lebanon are faced with increasingly hostile local host communities as a re...
10 09 2014
Human Rights
Bou Saab appelle la communauté internationale à couvrir la scolarisation des réfugiés syriens
Le ministre de l'Éducation, Élias Bou Saab, s'est entretenu, hier, avec une d&...
09 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees face reprisals after beheading, some forced to leave
Syrians across Lebanon expressed a sense of foreboding Monday after the beheading of a second Lebane...
09 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Les réfugiés syriens personae non gratae dans des localités chiites de la Békaa et du Sud
Depuis les événements de Ersal et l'enlèvement des militaires libanais dans...
08 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Civilians threaten Syrian refugees, demand they leave
Residents of the city of Baalbek circulated a statement via the mobile application WhatsApp on Monda...
05 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon, Denmark discuss refugees, terrorism
Security threats imposed by extremist groups and the refugee crisis in Lebanon were the topics of di...
04 09 2014
Refugees' rights
HRW slams Lebanon for expelling children of migrant workers
Lebanon’s General Security is disrupting migrant workers' right to family life with a rece...
04 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Au Liban, des enfants de travailleurs immigrés sont expulsés
Le Liban se livre à des expulsions de force d'enfants de travailleurs immigrés qui...
02 09 2014
Refugees' rights
La difficile coexistence entre Libanais et réfugiés syriens au Liban-Sud
Le Liban-Sud compte actuellement plus de 150 000 réfugiés syriens qui ont trouv&e...
01 09 2014
Enforced disappearances
Journée internationale des personnes disparues : les familles poursuivent leur combat
Leur calvaire n'a que trop duré et leur attente ne finit pas de s'éterniser, d...
01 09 2014
Refugees' rights
Uruguay offers fresh start to 120 Syrian refugees
In a show of solidarity and humanitarian concern, Uruguay is coordinating the resettlement of 120 Sy...
31 08 2014
Detention & prison system
IS Demands Release of Roumieh Inmates, Threaten to Execute Captive Soldiers
The Islamic State aired a video on Saturday of a captive soldier pleading to his family to pressure ...
30 08 2014
Detention & prison system
Inmate leads riots in Nabatieh prison
National News Agency (NNA) reported that a prisoner serving a drug abuse sentence led riots inside N...
29 08 2014
Detention & prison system
Zahle Prison Guards Foil Attempt to Smuggle Hashish to Facility
Security guards at the prison of Zahle foiled yet again an attempt by a visitor to smuggle a quantit...
29 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Flames Set Ablaze More than 70 Refugee Tents in Zahle
A huge fire erupted on Friday afternoon in Sahel al-Fayda area on the outskirts of the Bekaa city of...
28 08 2014
Women’s rights
Lebanon plans law to stem growing child marriage trend
At 13, Samiha left school and the home she shared with 10 people near Baalbek in eastern Lebanon to ...
26 08 2014
LGBTQ+ Rights
Lebanon's LGBT community is still suffering abuses
The last episode in the series of attacks against the LGBT community took place on August 9, when po...
26 08 2014
Judiciary
Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumes hearing
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Tuesday resumed hearing evidence in the case of the assassination o...
23 08 2014
Judiciary
Military Court postpones Abra suspects’ trial
Lebanon’s Military Court Tuesday postponed the prosecution of suspects detained for last year&...
18 08 2014
Judiciary
Article 534 du code pénal : à quand l’abrogation de la loi contre les homosexuels ?
À l'heure où le débat sur le mariage homosexuel et l'adoption homoparen...
18 08 2014
Detention & prison system
Prisoner committee meets with Salam
Family and friends of prisoners held in Israeli jails Tuesday urged Prime Minister Tammam Salam to s...
15 08 2014
Detention & prison system
Les détenus de Hammam el-Agha transférés à la prison de Zahlé
Après l'arrestation de 27 personnes samedi à Hamra dans un hammam connu ...
14 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Committee calls for Palestinian refugee camps in Syria
The head of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee Hasan Mneimneh Thursday called on the U.N. t...
14 08 2014
Refugees' rights
La location d’appartements à de nouveaux réfugiés syriens interdite à Rmeich
La municipalité de Rmeich a appelé hier ses habitants à « ne plus lo...
14 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Stranded Syrian refugees begin to return home
Some of the 2,000 Syrian refugees stranded on the border with Lebanon began to cross into Syria Frid...
13 08 2014
Women’s rights
NGOs deplore arrest of 'gay' men in Beirut
Lebanese NGOs Wednesday called for the immediate release of 27 men who were detained on charges of b...
13 08 2014
LGBTQ+ Rights
À Hamra, 27 hommes arrêtés dans un hammam en raison de leurs orientations sexuelles
Non. L'État n'a que faire de Daech et des islamistes qui guettent le Liban aux fronti...
11 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees allowed back across border
Approximately 2,000 Syrian refugees who were stranded for two days on the highway in the Bekaa Valle...
11 08 2014
Women’s rights
Mariées de force, dès les premières menstruations
« La femme n'a pas le droit de donner son avis. La moindre décision revient &a...
10 08 2014
Human Rights
Security Forces Assault Journalists at Dar al-Fatwa
Several reporters and cameramen were wounded after a verbal spat occurred between a cameraman and se...
09 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Seven Arrested during Raids of Refugee Houses in Koura
Seven people were apprehended on Saturday during security raids in residential compounds hosting Syr...
08 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon works to resolve issue of stranded refugees
While a group of Syrian refugees was able to cross into Syria Friday after being stranded at a Leban...
07 08 2014
Refugees' rights
1,500 refugee families transported back to Syria
At least 1,500 Syrian refugee families were transported back into Syria Thursday with the help of Sy...
07 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Trapped refugees in need of medical aid
Syrian refugees are barred from leaving Arsal and in urgent need of medical care, said medical profe...
07 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Syria Refugees Fail to Head Home during Arsal Army-Jihadist Truce
Hundreds of Syrian refugees tried to head home from the border town of Arsal on Thursday during a tr...
06 08 2014
Refugees' rights
Bassil: Refugee camps hospitable to terrorists
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said Wednesday that the clashes in Arsal have proved that refugee cam...
01 08 2014
Women’s rights
Syrian Refugee Women Tell Stories about Sexual Exploitation in Lebanon
The Syrian refugee woman huddled in the latest room she calls home, a peeling, run-down place outsid...
26 07 2014
Detention & prison system
Probe into Yaacoub death to be expanded
The prosecution in north Lebanon issued a decision Friday to expand their investigation into the dea...
26 07 2014
Refugees' rights
Outbreak of skin diseases among refugee children
Cases of skin diseases, exacerbated by summer heat and dirty water, are increasing among Syrian refu...
25 07 2014
Human Rights
AUB to launch Alamuddin STL book
The American University of Beirut will launch a book on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon coedited by...
25 07 2014
Judiciary
STL unable to prosecute New TV, Al-Akhbar for obstruction of justice
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon's Contempt Judge issued a decision that rules that the STL does...
24 07 2014
Human Rights
Labor Ministry aiming to regulate recruitment of domestic workers
Lebanon’s Labor Ministry on Tuesday addressed a memorandum to companies recruiting foreign dom...
24 07 2014
Judiciary
STL to decide on challenge to Al-Jadeed charges
A judge at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will decide Thursday whether to proceed with the trial o...
23 07 2014
Refugees' rights
« La haine contre les réfugiés syriens a été décuplée par la participation de la milice du Hezbollah
Le Conseil national syrien (CNS) a commenté hier le déplorable scandale de Aïn el...
21 07 2014
Detention & prison system
Rifi pledges resolution for detainees case
Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi pledged Saturday to work for the resolution of Tripoli’s detainee...
21 07 2014
Refugees' rights
Plus de dix mille nouveaux réfugiés syriens enregistrés cette semaine par le HCR
Dans son rapport sur la semaine qui vient de s'écouler, le Haut-Commissariat des Nations ...
16 07 2014
Detention & prison system
Four Tripoli detainees released
Four Tripoli residents detained as part of a security plan launched by authorities in spring were re...
15 07 2014
Detention & prison system
Judge requests death penalty for 23 people
Military Court Judge Fadi Sawwan on Monday requested the death penalty for 23 people charged with te...
02 07 2014
Detention & prison system
Syrian murderer given death penalty
The Criminal Court of Cassation issued a death sentence against a 22-year-old Syrian man Tuesday ove...
02 07 2014
Judiciary
Au TSL, un expert décortique le processus d’analyse et d’identification des restes du kamikaze
Lors d'une nouvelle audience qui s'est tenue hier à La Haye au Tribunal spécia...
02 07 2014
Refugees' rights
Salam, donor states discuss refugee crisis
Representatives from the International Support Group for Lebanon met with Prime Minister Tammam Sala...
01 07 2014
Refugees' rights
Amnesty Slams Lebanon Ban on Palestinians Fleeing Syria
Lebanon is acting in a "blatantly discriminatory" manner by denying access to Palestinians...
01 07 2014
Refugees' rights
Salam discusses refugee crisis with donor states
Representatives from the International Support Group for Lebanon met with Prime Minister Tammam Sala...
01 07 2014
Refugees' rights
HCR : Depuis le début de l’année, 65 000 réfugiés syriens sont enregistrés en moyenne par mois
L'agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a publié, hier, son rapp...
30 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés syriens : controverse Salam-Bassil sur la politique de distanciation
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères Gebran Bassil semble avoir pris à sa charge...
30 06 2014
Women’s rights
Activists call for gender equality revolution
“It is perfectly natural for the future woman to feel indignant at the limitations posed upon ...
28 06 2014
Human Rights
Labor Minister: Migrant workers are content in Lebanon
Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi Friday defended the treatment of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, sug...
28 06 2014
Women’s rights
Lebanese women lead the social media wave
Lebanon is in the top five most active Arab countries across social media networks and achieves the ...
26 06 2014
Women’s rights
Les Libanaises dénoncent la « naturalisation de connivence »
Les militants libanais de la campagne « Ma nationalité, un droit pour ma famille e...
25 06 2014
Judiciary
STL hears fresh witness testimony after hiatus
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon began hearing fresh witness testimony Tuesday in the trial of five ...
25 06 2014
Women’s rights
Kafa: “New domestic violence law could have helped victim of Didde honour killing”
On Friday June 13th an investigation was opened into the death of Dayala, a 24-year-old Syrian woman...
24 06 2014
Detention & prison system
Activists protest makeshift detention center in underground parking lot
Human rights activists are planning to protest the torture and maltreatment of 800 foreign workers d...
21 06 2014
Refugees' rights
World Refugee Day highlights the perpetual instability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
As World Refugee Day aims to draw attention to the misfortune of the world’s 50 million s...
21 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Refugees from Tfail shunned after fleeing onslaught
Omar arrived in the border town of Arsal in the northeastern Bekaa Valley Wednesday with his four ch...
21 06 2014
Refugees' rights
« Des solutions politiques sont vitales et nécessaires au problème des réfugiés », souligne Guterres
Hier, dans une des pièces capitonnées de l'hôtel Mövenpick à Bey...
20 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanese actress appeals for world to help refugees
Lebanese actress Cyrine Abdel Nour appeared in a video sponsored by the U.N. refugee organization, a...
20 06 2014
Refugees' rights
« Le Liban n’accueillera plus de réfugiés syriens, sauf ceux des régions frontalières »
Le ministre des Affaires sociales, Rachid Derbas, a déclaré hier que le Liban a inform...
19 06 2014
Judiciary
Reprise du procès Hariri : Merhi, coauteur du complot et principal complice, affirme l’accusation
C'est en présence de Yasma Fleyhane, assise aux premiers bancs des victimes, que le proc&...
18 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Ali aux mères des détenus en Syrie : Vos fils ne sont pas chez nous
Les propos de l'ambassadeur de Syrie, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, lors d'une interview à la ...
18 06 2014
Right to fair trial
A guide to the developments at the STL
Below are answers to a list of frequently asked questions aimed at summarizing the developments at t...
18 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon Mulling to Hold Arab Conference over Refugee Crisis
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas has said that he discussed with Kuwait's Speaker Marzouq a...
13 06 2014
Human Rights
World Day Against Child Labor a grim reminder for Lebanon
Ahmad (not his real name) is one of hundreds of thousands of children working in Lebanon, a number t...
13 06 2014
Human Rights
« Halte au travail de l’enfance », disent les jeunes réfugiés syriens de la Békaa
« Il est de mon droit d'aller à l'école. » « ...
12 06 2014
Human Rights
Une employée de maison éthiopienne retrouvée morte au Liban-Nord
Une employée de maison éthiopienne a été retrouvée morte par stra...
12 06 2014
Women’s rights
Une Jordanienne victime d’abus sexuels raconte sa tragédie à travers une exposition
C'est une belle leçon de courage que donne Manal Samir, une Jordanienne longtemps victime...
06 06 2014
Right to fair trial
Protest in Sidon demands speedy trials for Abra detainees
Dozens of families in Sidon protested delays in trying Islamist detainees the Army arrested last yea...
06 06 2014
Right to fair trial
Abra clashes suspects to be tried July 15
The Permanent Military Court set July 15th as the date of the trial of prisoners indicted of be...
06 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Bassil wants refugee aid to go straight to Lebanese government
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil Friday urged donor countries to send funds bound for Syrian refugees ...
06 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Refugees and dropouts get chance to go back to school
Lebanese school dropouts wanting to resume their studies and Syrian refugees fearing falling behind ...
05 06 2014
Detention & prison system
Les prisonniers des incidents de Abra suspendent leur grève de la faim
"Les prisonniers des incidents de Abra dans la prison de Jezzine ont suspendu, ce mercredi, leu...
05 06 2014
Detention & prison system
Islamist inmates in Jezzine prison call off hunger strike
Islamist inmates detained in Jezzine Prison for fighting the army in the 2013 clashes in Sidon&rsquo...
05 06 2014
Right to fair trial
Decision on Assignment of Counsel in STL's Akhbar Case
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Contempt Judge Nicola Lettieri issued on Thursday a decision provid...
05 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Kerry announces $290M in assistance for Syrian crisis response, $51M for Lebanon
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced $290M in assistance for Syrian crisis response, $...
05 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Azzi: International commitment to refugees must be met
Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi highlighted the difficulties Lebanon is facing in coping with refugees fr...
04 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee crisis has silver lining: British ambassador
In a run-down fish market in Sarafand, a coastal town located between Sidon and Tyre, British and Un...
04 06 2014
Refugees' rights
Report: UNHCR Slams Lebanese Ban Imposed on Syrian Refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) slammed a decision by the Lebanese authori...
02 06 2014
Women’s rights
Arslan on how words, not fists, will free women
“I act peacefully. I do not back down, but I am very peaceful in my approach, because I believ...
31 05 2014
Judiciary
Report du procès Samaha-Mamlouk au 5 décembre
Le procès de l'ancien ministre Michel Samaha et du général syrien Ali Mamlo...
31 05 2014
Judiciary
Meeting between UN SecretaryGeneral, Head of the STL Defence Office
The Secretary-General of the United Nations met with Mr François Roux, honorary advocate and ...
31 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Refugees in Akkar: Those who Voted for Assad are Not Syrians
A number of Syrian refugees on Friday staged a sit-in in the Akkar town of Khirbet Daoud in rejectio...
31 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Fire erupts in Beqaa refugee camp
A large fire erupted Saturday morning in a Syrian refugee camp in the Beqaa town of Jdita. The blaze...
31 05 2014
Women’s rights
Man who assaulted wife detained in first victory for family law
A husband who had been abusing his wife for over a year was detained Friday, the first time the law ...
30 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Army Arrests 10 Syrians for Illegal Entry
The Lebanese army announced on Friday that it arrested 10 Syrians in a border area in the eastern Be...
30 05 2014
Human Rights
Pollution levels mar Lebanon’s rivers
Lebanon’s rivers are alarmingly polluted with untreated sewage and waste, posing health risks ...
30 05 2014
Right to fair trial
Michel Samaha’s trial adjourned until December
Head of the Military Court Brigadier General Khalil Ibrahim adjourned on Friday the trial of former ...
30 05 2014
Judiciary
Al-Akhbar editor accuses STL of oppression
In a show of defiance, Al-Akhbar newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim al-Amin walked out of a c...
30 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Germany pledges $6.8M for refugees
Germany pledged Thursday an addition 5 million euros ($6.8 million) to support efforts to address th...
29 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Bassil: Lebanon's Existence Threatened by Syrian Refugees
Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil noted on Wednesday that Lebanon has suffered the most from the reperc...
29 05 2014
Refugees' rights
March 14 officials request deportation of pro-Assad Syrians
A number of March 14 figures called for the expulsion of Syrians loyal to the regime of President Ba...
24 05 2014
Human Rights
UNRWA denounces violent protests in Nahr al-Bared
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared temporary closed i...
24 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Fin de la politique de la porte ouverte aux réfugiés syriens
La tentative était audacieuse : prendre par surprise le Conseil des ministres et r&eacut...
24 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Cabinet Forms Committee on Refugee Crisis, Seeks Establishing Camps in Syria or Border Regions
In the last ministerial session presided over by President Michel Suleiman before he leaves office o...
23 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Machnouk urges Syrian refugees not to hold public gatherings
Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk called on Syrian refugees Thursday not to hold any political meeti...
23 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Zahra calls on cabinet not to receive Syrians who participate in elections as refugees
Lebanese Forces MP Antoine Zahra said on Thursday that Syrian nationals who would go to Syria to par...
22 05 2014
Freedom of expression
L’affaire des quatre employées de maison sénégalaises : dégoût et tristesse
Aujourd'hui, il m'est indispensable d'exprimer ma voix sur un article récemment p...
22 05 2014
Human Rights
Denied vital health care, displaced ‘risk debt and death’
Underfunded medical institutions in Lebanon are incapable or unwilling to treat many Syrian refugees...
22 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Syrian migrant workers refute refugee status
Unkempt Syrian children from a ramshackle encampment crowd the door of a sundry shop in the West Bek...
20 05 2014
Human Rights
Coucou Voici une proposition de programme pour la discussion de demain avec les avocats de 3h a 5h a
« Pourquoi mes parents m'ont-ils mariée de force, alors que je n'ét...
20 05 2014
Refugees' rights
U.N.: Lebanon Will Have 1.5M Refugees by Year's End
Lebanon is under massive pressure as tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the war in neighbori...
20 05 2014
Human Rights
KAFA launches ‘disturbing ride’ campaign
Women's rights organization KAFA (Enough Violence and Exploitation) launched an unusual campaign...
19 05 2014
Refugees' rights
UNHCR: 9000 Syrians displaced into Lebanon last week
Nine thousand Syrians have been displaced into Lebanon last week alone, the UNHCR stated in its week...
19 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Palestinian Refugee from Syria Shoots Himself Dead in Burj Shamali Camp
A Palestinian refugee who escaped the ongoing civil war in Syria and took refuge in Lebanon committe...
17 05 2014
Human Rights
Quatre Sénégalaises arrêtées pour avoir passé la nuit en dehors de la maison de leur employeur
La communauté sénégalaise du Liban est en colère. Très en col&egr...
17 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon drafts plan to regulate presence of refugees
Lebanon's Cabinet is drafting a plan to address the presence of Syrians refugees in Lebanon duri...
17 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Délégation italienne chez Derbas pour discuter des aides aux réfugiés syriens
Le ministre des Affaires sociales, Rachid Derbas, s'est entretenu hier avec une dél&eacut...
16 05 2014
Judiciary
Un avocat libanais passe au crible l’affaire de l’outrage contre le TSL
Les accusations et campagne systématiques dirigées contre le Tribunal spécial p...
16 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon to end open-border policy with cap on refugees
Lebanon will set a limit on the number of Syrian refugees allowed to enter the country and establish...
16 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Corruption Seeps into Aid for Syrian Refugees
The Syrian refugee woman pushed through the crowd into the dusty grocery, where she was told she cou...
15 05 2014
Refugees' rights
General Security denies discrimination at border
A high-ranking General Security official denied Wednesday that the institution was imposing discrimi...
15 05 2014
Human Rights
Le 14 Mars invite « al-Akhbar » à emboîter le pas à al-Jadeed et à comparaître devant le TSL
Le secrétariat général du 14 Mars a réaffirmé hier son soutien au...
15 05 2014
Human Rights
Sleiman expected to grant citizenship to 700 people
Less than two weeks before the expiry of his six-year tenure, President Michel Sleiman plans to issu...
14 05 2014
Judiciary
STL begins Lebanon media contempt hearings
A Lebanese journalist pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of contempt for publishing witness de...
14 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Refugees: We’re comfortable enough here
Two small children, hair neatly combed, helped Huda take the family’s clothes out of the porta...
13 05 2014
Judiciary
Special Tribunal to resume trial June 18
The trial of five members of Hezbollah accused of complicity in the killing of former Prime Minister...
13 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Selon l’ONU, dans certaines localités, les réfugiés syriens sont aussi nombreux que les habitants
L'Office de coordination des affaires humanitaires des Nations unies (OCHA) a publié hier...
12 05 2014
Judiciary
STL convenes to decide Hariri trial date
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Monday convened a hearing to decide when the court will continue th...
12 05 2014
Human Rights
IMF calls for more aid to help Lebanon face the influx of Syrian refugees
The International Monetary Fund has called on the international community to increase its assistance...
12 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon pressuring international community on refugee camps
Lebanon is pressuring the international community to establish Syrian refugee camps either in safe z...
10 05 2014
Detention & prison system
Calm Restored in Roumieh after Midnight Riot
Riot erupted on midnight Friday at the Roumieh Prison after several inmates protested the newly adop...
10 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon, UN mull establishing Syrian refugee camps
Lebanese authorities and the United Nations are discussing the possibility of setting up settlements...
09 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Machnouk issues requirements for entry of Syrian Palestinian refugees
Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk stressed Thursday that Palestinian refugees from Syria were not ba...
08 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Palestinians in limbo at Syrian border
Three Palestinians who were deported last weekend from Lebanon back to Syria, where they had been li...
08 05 2014
Human Rights
Ahmad Hariri : Nous ne défendrons pas ceux qui entravent l’action du TSL
Le courant du Futur a commémoré, lors d'un dîner à l'hôtel ...
08 05 2014
Women’s rights
Kafa slams president over altered domestic abuse law
Women’s rights organization Kafa criticized Wednesday Lebanese President Michel Sleiman for si...
06 05 2014
Refugees' rights
HRW slams Lebanon for returning Palestinians to Syria
Human Rights Watch slammed Lebanon Tuesday for deporting back to Syria abou...
06 05 2014
Refugees' rights
L'ONU et HRW inquiets du refoulement par le Liban de Palestiniens de Syrie
Human Rights Watch (HRW) et une agence de l'ONU ont exprimé leur inquiétude mardi ...
06 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon seeks mechanism to govern entry of refugees
The Central Security Council Tuesday asked General Security to design a new mechanism to g...
05 05 2014
Detention & prison system
Death penalty sought for 10 suspects over Tripoli bombings
Lebanon's military investigative judge Monday sought the death penalty for 10 suspects tied to l...
05 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Arrestation de 49 Syriens et Palestiniens détenteurs de faux visas
La Sûreté générale a arrêté à l'aéroport R...
05 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon to hold fourth regional meeting for refugee host countries
Lebanon will host the fourth ministerial coordination meeting of countries hosting Syrian refugees, ...
05 05 2014
Women’s rights
Lebanon’s women run for rights
At around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday a women’s marathon entitled “Run Forward Enough Going Back...
03 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Lebanon detains 49 Syrians, Palestinians at airport
Lebanese authorities detained 49 Syrian and Palestinian refugees from Syria at the Beirut airport Sa...
03 05 2014
Judiciary
Suleiman Asks General Prosecutor to Explain to STL Lebanon's Commitment to Freedom of Media
President Michel Suleiman requested that General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud explain to the Speci...
03 05 2014
Judiciary
À la Maison de l’avocat, des propositions de réforme du code de procédure pénale
Si la conférence organisée hier par l'ordre des avocats de Beyrouth avait pour th&...
02 05 2014
Abolishing Slavery
Foreign domestic workers in Lebanon: “We are not your kitchen table!”
“I am not your kitchen table; I am a human being just like you. My color does not represent me...
01 05 2014
Judiciary
Joreige advises editors to face justice at STL summons
Two local editors summoned by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon over charges of contempt and disrupti...
01 05 2014
Refugees' rights
Pour les réfugiés syriens qui attendent le départ, l’Allemagne est le nouvel eldorado
Une salle qui compte une vingtaine de réfugiés syriens : des hommes, quelques enf...
30 04 2014
Detention & prison system
Au Liban, 63 percent des prisonniers sont en détention provisoire
L'Union européenne et l'Université Saint-Joseph ont organisé, hier, un ...
30 04 2014
Detention & prison system
Minimutinerie à Roumieh
Une minimutinerie s'est déroulée hier à la prison de Roumieh, dans le b&aci...
30 04 2014
Human Rights
Riots as ISF Commandos Successfully Escort Gang Out of Roumieh Prison
Riots erupted at Roumieh Prison on Tuesday and inmates set belongings on fire as the Internal Securi...
28 04 2014
Judiciary
Lebanon judge seeks death penalty for 32 suspects
Lebanon Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawan requested Monday the death penalty for 32 suspects a...
23 04 2014
Detention & prison system
Prison guards charged over inmate’s death
Two prison guards were charged Tuesday with negligence that resulted in the death of an inmate at Ro...
10 04 2014
Detention & prison system
Machnouk says Roumieh to be renovated
Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk Wednesday said that preparations were underway to renovate the not...
06 03 2014
Refugees' rights
Malnourished refugees facing death in Lebanon
Nearly 2,000 Syrian children under five are at risk of death from malnutrition, a number that UNICEF...
05 03 2014
Judiciary
STL gives Merhi defense team more time to work
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon convened its latest conference Tuesday by saying that it wo...
04 03 2014
Judiciary
STL to assess status of Merhi defense team work
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon will hold a conference Tuesday that is likely to assess how...
01 03 2014
Judiciary
Judge demands the death penalty for Assir
BEIRUT: First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda issued indictments Friday in the case of ...
01 03 2014
Detention & prison system
Ministers vow to improve prisoners’ conditions
BEIRUT – Interior Minister Nohad al-Mashnuq and Defense Minister Ashraf Rifi promised to sat...
01 03 2014
Accountability
Environment minister: Naameh landfill will be closed
BEIRUT – Environment Minister Mohammad al-Mashnuq vowed the closure of the controversial Naa...
28 02 2014
Torture
March 14 calls on STL to probe more assassinations
BEIRUT: The March 14 bloc handed a petition Thursday to United Nations Special Coordinator for Leban...
27 02 2014
Human Rights
Roumieh golf course raises concerns among residents
By Joacim Nielsen, Roula Haddad
ROUMIEH, Lebanon: Preparations are underway for an 18-hole golf cou...
27 02 2014
Judiciary
STL adjourns Hariri trial until mid May
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The joint trial of five members of Hezbollah accused of taking part in th...
27 02 2014
Refugees' rights
UN, humanitarian partners sound global alarm on behalf of Syria’s children
February 25, 2014, 08h11 Moved by the dire plight of more than 5 million war-traumatized Syrian chil...
27 02 2014
Refugees' rights
Solidarité Swiss offers aid to Syrian refugees in Iqlim Tuffah
Mon 24 Feb 2014 at 09:50
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26 02 2014
Enforced disappearances
Keep Sader kidnapping out of politics: MPs
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Human Rights Committee emphasized Tuesday the importance of keeping the 2009...
26 02 2014
Detention & prison system
Lebanon’s Roumieh prison has become a disaster waiting to happen, and no amount of visits by senior officials to the facility can hide the fact that the solution lies in actions, and not speeches.
The facility was designed in the late 1960s and nearly a half-century later, its deficiencies have b...
26 02 2014
Human Rights
Syrian crisis brings Arsal its first hospital
By Elise Knutsen
ARSAL, Lebanon: Before the war in Syria, Dr. Bassem al-Faris straightened teeth fo...
25 02 2014
Human Rights
Lebanese parents encouraging children to move abroad
By Brooke Anderson
BEIRUT: Keeping kids close to home normally means peace of mind for parents. Not...
25 02 2014
Detention & prison system
Twelve Roumieh guards face probe after prison break
By Youssef Diab
BEIRUT: A government probe into a dramatic escape from Roumieh prison of three inma...
24 02 2014
Detention & prison system
Three inmates escape Roumieh, two captured
BEIRUT: Three inmates escaped from Roumieh prison Monday but security forces were able to capture tw...
22 02 2014
Refugees' rights
Arsal overflows with refugees fleeing Yabroud
By Samya Kullab, Elise Knusten
ARSAL, Lebanon: Watfa Saifeddine didn’t sleep Wednesday night....
22 02 2014
Women’s rights
Women’s group calls for domestic violence law
BEIRUT: A women’s association urged officials Friday to pass a domestic violence draft law aft...
21 02 2014
Human Rights
Innocent children face bombings and celebratory fire
BEIRUT - Along with celebratory fire and the sound of explosions, children in Beirut’s Dahiy...
21 02 2014
Detention & prison system
Will Suleiman’s forgiveness spare Assy jail time?
BEIRUT –Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman wrote a message of sympathy to web develop...
20 02 2014
Judiciary
Activists doubt Cabinet will reform nationality law
BEIRUT: The rights campaign “My Nationality is a Right for My Family and I” welcomed Wed...
19 02 2014
Human Rights
Families denounce detention of ISIS suspects
BEIRUT: The families of three young men detained by the Lebanese authorities on charges of plotting ...
19 02 2014
Human Rights
MEA union denies Helou discrimination claims
BEIRUT: The union of employees at the Middle East Airlines denied Tuesday that a worker at the airli...
18 02 2014
Human Rights
Disabled journalist to sue MEA over boarding denial
By Rayane Abou Jaoude, Venetia Rainey
BEIRUT: A wheelchair-bound woman who was prevented from board...
18 02 2014
Human Rights
Disabled journalist outraged by MEA conduct
BEIRUT - Lebanese Jouranlist Roula al-Helou, who was denied the right to travel on a Middle East A...
18 02 2014
Refugees' rights
UN: Almost 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon
BEIRUT - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees stated in its weekly report on Monday tha...
15 02 2014
Refugees' rights
Refugees rush into Arsal, more expected
By Samya Kullab
BEIRUT: The U.N. and its partner organizations are bracing themselves for what coul...
14 02 2014
Judiciary
STL provides sense of justice on anniversary of Hariri killing
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Cane in hand, Fatima al-Rashidi strode slowly to the line of graves, the ...
13 02 2014
Judiciary
Jail sentence for slander alarming: lawyer
By Venetia Rainey
BEIRUT: A Lebanese citizen has been sentenced to two months in prison for insulti...
13 02 2014
Judiciary
Defense for newly added accused to be given undetermined amount of time to prepare for trial
Judges at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Wednesday adjourned thein absentia trial against f...
12 02 2014
Refugees' rights
Arsal braces for more refugees as Yabroud heats up
By Rakan al-Fakih
HERMEL, Lebanon: The heavy artillery fire and intensified air raids just on the o...
12 02 2014
Human Rights
More Internet regulations needed for kids: Abu Faour
BEIRUT: Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour called for regulations to prevent the abuse...
12 02 2014
Judiciary
Sayyed files lawsuit against Le Figaro journalist
BEIRUT: Former General Security head Jamil al-Sayyed’s lawyer has filed a lawsuit against a Fr...
12 02 2014
Right to fair trial
STL joins Merhi case to trial of four other suspects
By Elise Knutsen
BEIRUT: The president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon officially joined the ca...
08 02 2014
Women’s rights
Husband accused of domestic violence death arrested
BEIRUT - A Lebanese man who beat his wife to death was arrested on Thursday, a statement issued by t...
06 02 2014
Human Rights
Official gives insightful testimony to STL
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: A police official with the explosives division described Jamea Jamea, Syr...
05 02 2014
Detention & prison system
Public servants charged over graft at Lebanon jail
BEIRUT: Four Lebanese civil servants, including two police officers, and a contractor were charged T...
05 02 2014
Judiciary
STL questions ISF criminal division head
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed witness testimonies Tuesday, questioning Brig. Gen....
05 02 2014
Accountability
Scandale de Roumieh : des poursuites engagées contre des officiersdes FSI
Le procureur général financier, le juge Ali Ibrahim, a engagé des poursuites co...
04 02 2014
Human Rights
Former ISF explosives unit head testifies at STL
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed witness testimony Monday.
While one witness ...
04 02 2014
Refugees' rights
Miqati asks for help with Syrian refugees crisis
BEIRUT - Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati said on Monday that he asked officials of internation...
04 02 2014
Human Rights
Poor health prevents Abdullah Azzam Brigades suspect interrogation
BEIRUT - The interrogation of a detained Abdullah Azzam Brigades commander was postponed Monday due ...
03 02 2014
Refugees' rights
Future holds education day for Syrian refugees
SIDON, Lebanon: The Future Movement organized an entertainment day Sunday for more than 200 Syrian r...
01 02 2014
Refugees' rights
Jubilant refugees move to flats, leave tented settlement behind
By Mohammed Zaatari
SIDON, Lebanon: Salma, a Palestinian refugee displaced from Syria, happily move...
01 02 2014
Judiciary
Lebanon judiciary backs ruling in domestic violence murder case
BEIRUT - The Higher Judiciary Council issued a statement affirming its support of the judges who wor...
30 01 2014
Judiciary
BEIRUT: Prosecutors at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon read out written testimony Wednesday by witnesses who were present near the vicinity of the bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Har
One witness described in his summary read by the prosecution columns of smoke and flame that erupted...
30 01 2014
Judiciary
Suleiman voices support for STL
BEIRUT - President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday reiterated Lebanon’s support for the Special T...
30 01 2014
Judiciary
Lebanon judge indicts members of terror group
BEIRUT - Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr indicted on Wednesday an Abdu...
29 01 2014
Human Rights
STL listens to firefighter’s testimony
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon listened Tuesday for a second day to the testimony of Khale...
29 01 2014
Refugees' rights
Cookbook effort aims to feed Syrian refugees
By Brooke Anderson
BEIRUT: Last month, as people across the Lebanon huddled under their covers tryi...
29 01 2014
Human Rights
STL hears harrowing testimony from firefighter, victim’s brother
By Elise Knutsen
BEIRUT: Injured victims, scattered blazes and mangled skeletons of cars are some o...
29 01 2014
Accountability
Further witnesses to testify at STL next Monday
BEIRUT - The Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the killing of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri ...
28 01 2014
Detention & prison system
Qabbani: Prisons, Dar al-Fatwa situation leading to extremism
BEIRUT: Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani said Monday that injustice inflicted by the state...
28 01 2014
Human Rights
STL hears firefighter’s testimony on rescue efforts
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: A Lebanese firefighter who was one of the first on the scene of the bombi...
28 01 2014
Freedom of expression
Tripoli hospital denies refusing to treat baby
By Antoine Amrieh
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: A state hospital in the northern city of Tripoli Monday denied ...
27 01 2014
Detention & prison system
Sheikhs march on Yarze over Atrash detention
BEIRUT: More than a dozen Muslim scholars protested Sunday outside Lebanon’s Defense Ministry ...
25 01 2014
Judiciary
Syrian refugees inch closer to 1 million mark
BEIRUT: Almost 13,000 Syrians approached the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees this week, bringing...
24 01 2014
Detention & prison system
STL defense pokes holes in van theory
By Kareem Shaheen
THE HAGUE: Defense lawyers for a senior Hezbollah commander accused of mastermind...
23 01 2014
Judiciary
STL defense to link Abu Adass to Al-Qaeda
By Kareem Shaheen
THE HAGUE: Ahmad Abu Adass, a man who appeared in a video claiming responsibility...
23 01 2014
Judiciary
STL starts presenting evidence in the Ayyash et al. case
BEIRUT | iloubnan.info / NNA - January 22, 2014, 12h18 The STL Prosecution today started p...
21 01 2014
Accountability
STL defense casts doubt over evidence in Hariri killing
By Kareem Shaheen
THE HAGUE: The lawyer defending Mustafa Badreddine, the alleged “apex&rdquo...
21 01 2014
Accountability
STL defense challenges prosecution’s account
By Kareem Shaheen
THE HAGUE: The bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri may not hav...
21 01 2014
Human Rights
Trash piles up as activists rubbish deal
By Mohammed Zaatari
BEIRUT/NAAMEH, Lebanon: Efforts to reach an agreement to end a sit-in near a wa...
21 01 2014
Judiciary
Defense at STL: “A case with no criminal motive”
Defense lawyers slammed the prosecution for selectively presenting evidence that relies on few concr...
19 01 2014
Right to fair trial
U.S., UK Welcome Start of STL Trial, Say Perpetrators Must be Brought to Justice
by Naharnet Newsdesk 17 January 2014, 08:51
The United States welcomed the start of the S...
19 01 2014
Judiciary
STL defense attorney to NOW: Prosecution offered nothing new
THE HAGUE - The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s defense attorney for Mustafa Badreddine&mdash...
19 01 2014
Accountability
STL spokesperson tells NOW more indictments to come
THE HAGUE – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s spokesperson told NOW in an exclusive int...
18 01 2014
Accountability
STL outlines role of ‘ghost’
By Kareem Shaheen
THE HAGUE: Mustafa Badreddine, the alleged “apex” of the team accused...
18 01 2014
Judiciary
Live coverage of STL gives Lebanese public insight into workings of court
By Elise Knutsen, Wassim Mroueh
BEIRUT: As he rushed to finish preparing a flower arrangement for a...
18 01 2014
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees rally in solidarity with Yarmouk
BEIRUT: Displaced Palestinian refugees from Yarmouk in Syria held a protest Friday in solidarity wit...
18 01 2014
Right to fair trial
STL defense: Charges against Hezbollah shocking
By Kareem Shaheen
THE HAGUE: Defense lawyers for two members of Hezbollah accused of complicity in ...
17 01 2014
Judiciary
Hariri sees STL trial as ‘first page of true justice’
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Thursday described the opening of the Special Tribunal for...
17 01 2014
Judiciary
Prosecution begins outlining case before STL
LEIDSCHENDAM, The Netherlands -- In an often technical presentation at the first day of trial before...
17 01 2014
Refugees' rights
Refugees’ spirits low ahead of Geneva II
By Samya Kullab, Maysaa Ajjan
NABAA/ZAHLE/SIDON, Lebanon: While the international community waits t...
17 01 2014
Judiciary
THE HAGUE: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon holds a second day of deliberations Friday in the historic first international trial for a crime of terrorism, a day after the prosecution provided a detai
“The attack captured the attention of the world, its effect reverberating long after the explo...
17 01 2014
Judiciary
STL trial is in safe hands: experts
By Hussein Dakroub
BEIRUT: The trial of the alleged assassins of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri...
17 01 2014
Judiciary
Abu Adass naive but not guilty: STL prosecution
By Kareem Shaheen
THE HAGUE: Ahmad Abu Adass is the name of a man who appeared in a false claim of ...
17 01 2014
Accountability
Politicians laud STL as critics warn against politicization of justice
BEIRUT: Lebanese politicians and international diplomats welcomed the start of the Special Tribunal ...
17 01 2014
Human Rights
Hariri Lauds STL Trial: Gloating over Refusal to Turn in the Accused is Pointless
by Naharnet Newsdesk 16 January 2014, 14:38 Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri described on Thursday...
17 01 2014
Right to fair trial
Hariri Lauds STL Trial: Gloating over Refusal to Turn in the Accused is Pointless
by Naharnet Newsdesk 16 January 2014, 14:38
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri described o...
16 01 2014
Human Rights
On the street, many Lebanese shrug off STL
By Rayane Abou Jaoude, Wassim Mroueh, Mohammad Zaatari
BEIRUT/SIDON: Although the Special Tribunal ...
16 01 2014
Judiciary
STL assigns new judge to trial chamber
BEIRUT: The president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon assigned Judge Nicola Lettieri to the Tria...
16 01 2014
Judiciary
New Alternate Judge Assigned to STL Trial Chamber
by Naharnet Newsdesk 15 January 2014, 19:16
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced on...
16 01 2014
Judiciary
Live Coverage: STL begins trial
BEIRUT – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Thursday morning began its in-absentia trial of...
15 01 2014
Accountability
STL fails to decide on Merhi case joinder
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon failed Tuesday to make a decision on whether to combine the...
15 01 2014
Right to fair trial
Families look to STL trial for answers
By Samya Kullab, Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: It was not unusual that Talal Nasser was with Rafik Hariri ...
15 01 2014
Judiciary
STL: No decision yet to try Merhi with Hezbollah suspects
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon failed Tuesday to make a decision on whether to join the ca...
15 01 2014
Human Rights
UK to provide funding for school textbook packages
BEIRUT: The United Kingdom will provide over $5 million to enable the Lebanese government to purchas...
15 01 2014
Judiciary
STL to Hold Hearing on Joinder of Merhi, Ayyash et al. Cases
by Naharnet Newsdesk 13 January 2014, 15:32
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon said Monday ...
15 01 2014
Accountability
STL to hold preliminary hearing on adding Merhi indictment to trial
BEIRUT – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the 2005 murder of former Premier Rafiq Ha...
15 01 2014
Judiciary
March 14 officials call for justice ahead of STL trial
BEIRUT – March 14 officials on Monday called for justice to be delivered for the assassination...
15 01 2014
Accountability
Britain reiterates support for STL
BEIRUT – Britain’s ambassador to Lebanon on Sunday met with Future Movement leader MP Sa...
15 01 2014
Judiciary
Gemayel: STL will benefit stability
BEIRUT - Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel said that the outcome of the ruling of the Special Tribun...
13 01 2014
Refugees' rights
Arsal residents threaten to attack Syrian refugees
By Rakan al-Fakih
HERMEL, Lebanon: Some residents of the northeastern town of Arsal have threatened...
13 01 2014
Judiciary
Leading figures of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
BEIRUT: Ahead of the start of the trial Thursday at The Hague, the Daily Star has compiled biographi...
11 01 2014
Human Rights
Judge rejects Eid excuse for skipping questioning
BEIRUT: First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda rejected Friday the medical excuse provid...
11 01 2014
Right to fair trial
STL prosecutor confident ahead of trial
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The prosecutor at the court investigating the 2005 assassination of forme...
11 01 2014
Judiciary
Hasan’s family seeks closure in shadow of STL
By Kareem Shaheen
This is the fourth in a series of articles leading up to the start of trial at th...
10 01 2014
Refugees' rights
Cut off by checkpoint, refugees struggle
By Samya Kullab
ARSAL, Lebanon: Though her tent can hardly withstand the harsh winter weather and h...
09 01 2014
Human Rights
Civil society activists protest against violence
BEIRUT: Civil society activists and organizations from across the country protested on the steps of ...
09 01 2014
Detention & prison system
Death penalty requested for 14 terrorism suspects
BEIRUT: A Lebanese judge requested the death penalty Wednesday for 14 suspects accused of terrorist ...
09 01 2014
Judiciary
Development of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon through the years
The following is a timeline of the key events in the history of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. 20...
09 01 2014
Detention & prison system
Saqr Orders Arrest of Five Inmates over Alleged Sectarian Threats inside Prisons
by Naharnet Newsdesk 08 January 2014, 12:19
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judg...
08 01 2014
Judiciary
Third STL pretrial conference on Jan. 9
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon said Monday the trial chamber would hold later this week a ...
08 01 2014
Judiciary
From Nuremberg to STL, the rise of international courts
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon, set to begin at The Hague later this month, follows a deca...
08 01 2014
Judiciary
STL primer: How the court came to be
By Kareem Shaheen
This is the first in a series of articles leading up to the start of trial at the...
08 01 2014
Right to fair trial
STL Trial Chamber to Hold a Third Pre-Trial Conference
by Naharnet Newsdesk 06 January 2014, 15:13
The Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for...
08 01 2014
Detention & prison system
Gendarmerie Commander: Inside prison threats a play by all means
Mon 06 Jan 2014 at 21:02
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08 01 2014
Detention & prison system
News about muting in Zahle jail groundless
Tue 07 Jan 2014 at 21:27
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04 01 2014
Refugees' rights
Belgium wants to host refugees, help Lebanon
BEIRUT: Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Didier Reynders said his country was willing to host refuge...
27 12 2013
Judiciary
Finance Ministry transfers required funding to STL
BEIRUT - The Lebanese Finance Ministry confirmed on Monday that it transferred the country’s s...
27 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon reaches 1 million
BEIRUT - The number of refugees registered in Lebanon who have fled Syria’s violence has reach...
24 12 2013
Human Rights
Ministry launches CD on reproductive health
BEIRUT: The Education Ministry Monday launched a CD about reproductive health. The event to launch t...
24 12 2013
Human Rights
Roumieh staff interrogated over violations
BEIRUT: Investigative Military Judge Fadi Sawwan interrogated 12 military personnel Monday over drug...
24 12 2013
Judiciary
Judge approves STL funding decree
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The government’s financial watchdog has approved a decree that will...
24 12 2013
Judiciary
Lebanon Audit Bureau approves STL funding
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The government’s financial watchdog has approved a decree that will...
24 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Qatar sending aid to Lebanon’s Syrian refugees
BEIRUT: Qatar is sending relief aid to some 24,000 Syrian families who fled the violence in their co...
24 12 2013
Detention & prison system
Soldiers arrested for alleged drug dealing in Roumieh Prison
BEIRUT – Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawan issued arrest warrants against twelve soldier...
23 12 2013
Accountability
Mikati, Safadi trade blame over delays in STL funding
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Top officials traded blame Sunday for delays in funding the Special Tribu...
23 12 2013
Enforced disappearances
Syrian kidnapped for $300,000 in east Lebanon
BEIRUT: A Syrian man was kidnapped over the weekend in east Lebanon and his abductors are demanding ...
21 12 2013
Judiciary
STL judges order Merhi to be tried in absentia
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Judges at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ordered Friday that a fifth He...
21 12 2013
Judiciary
Judge calls on witnesses to testify in embezzlementcase
BEIRUT: First Investigative Magistrate Ghassan Ouweidat has called on witnesses to testify on Dec. 2...
21 12 2013
Detention & prison system
Jamming devices installed around Roumieh Prison
The concerned state officials have not yet given the green light to activate these devices.
BEIRUT ...
21 12 2013
Human Rights
STL to hold Merhi trial in absentia
BEIRUT - The Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafiq Har...
20 12 2013
Human Rights
STL prosecutor seeks to try Merhi with other Hezbollah suspects
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecutor has asked that five H...
19 12 2013
Accountability
Investigations into Roumieh finalized: Qortbawi
By Ilija Trojanovic
ROUMIEH, Lebanon: Caretaker Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi said Wednesday tha...
19 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanese from Syria displaced twice over
By Brooke Anderson
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Ahmad al-Maneh was just a boy when his family, fleeing the vio...
19 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Russia sends aid for refugees in Lebanon
BEIRUT: Russia sent Wednesday a new batch of humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, the Na...
19 12 2013
Judiciary
Lebanese judge issues arrest warrant against “collaborator”
BEIRUT - Military investigative Judge Imad al-Zein issued an arrest warrant against a man suspected ...
19 12 2013
Detention & prison system
Inspections in Roumieh Prison to start Thursday
BEIRUT – Lebanese caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said that weekly search operation...
16 12 2013
Right to fair trial
Report: Hariri May Make Testimony at STL Trial in January
by Naharnet Newsdesk 15 December 2013, 09:46
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon trial is se...
14 12 2013
Refugees' rights
False documents give refugees false hope
By Samya Kullab
BEIRUT: It was by chance that a reporter rode a taxi from Hamra to Salim Salam one ...
14 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Abu Faour acknowledges plight of Syrian refugees
BEIRUT: International aid to help Lebanon’s Syrian refugee population is falling short of expe...
14 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Abu Faour blames world for plight of refugees
BEIRUT: Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour slammed the international community Friday ...
14 12 2013
Accountability
Charbel sees security threats ahead of STL’s upcoming trials
By Hussein Dakroub
BEIRUT: Some clandestine groups will attempt to destabilize the country ahead of...
14 12 2013
Women’s rights
Domestic violence battle moves at snail’s pace
By Elise Knutsen
BEIRUT: While female victims of domestic violence have more legal recourse and soc...
14 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugees battling fatal snow storm
“Alexa,” which has already claimed two lives, intensified Friday, adding to the hardship...
14 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Duties towards Syrian refugees fulfilled, Lebanon’s PM says
BEIRUT - Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati said that Lebanon has responded to the humanitarian n...
13 12 2013
Accountability
Ministry launches third stage of primary health care plan
BEIRUT: The Health Ministry launched the third stage of a program Thursday that aims at adopting a u...
13 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Harsh weather ravages exposed Syrian refugees
By Antoine Amrieh
BEIRUT, AKKAR, BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: As the U.N. and its partner organizations r...
13 12 2013
Accountability
Abou Faour laments state’s inability to tackle refugees crisis
BEIRUT - Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour said that he was dismayed at the Lebanese...
12 12 2013
Human Rights
United Kingdom boosts winter aid to Syrian refugees
BEIRUT: The British minister of state for the Middle East announced Wednesday that the United Kingdo...
12 12 2013
Refugees' rights
UNRWA gives scholarships to Palestinian refugees
BEIRUT: The U.N. Relief and Works Agency awarded 45 full university scholarships Wednesday to Palest...
12 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Nearly 20,000 Lebanese displaced from Syria
By Brooke Anderson
BEIRUT: As Syrians continue to flee the violence in their home country, so do ma...
12 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Social Affairs Ministry continues to aid refugees during storm
BEIRUT – The Social Affairs Ministry said that it will continue to distribute aid for Syrian r...
12 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon “helpless” toward refugees amid storm
Lebanon witnessed snowfall at altitudes as low as 500 meters and a significant drop in temperatures ...
11 12 2013
Right to fair trial
STL schedules start of January trial
BEIRUT: The Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has scheduled the trial of Ayyash et a...
11 12 2013
Detention & prison system
Activists call for reform at women’s prisons in Lebanon
By Elise Knutsen
BEIRUT: In honor of International Human Rights Day, dozens of activists gathered o...
11 12 2013
Human Rights
Roumieh inmates, doctor and guards charged with drug trafficking
BEIRUT: Twenty-six inmates at Roumieh, 12 guards, a doctor and an officer were charged Tuesday for a...
11 12 2013
Judiciary
It explained: “This decision has been made after consulting the parties to the case at the Trial Chamber’s last public hearing.”
The trial will commence at 9:30 CET with opening statements by the Prosecutor, the Legal Representat...
11 12 2013
Judiciary
Hezbollah MP: Financing STL ‘utterly unacceptable’
BEIRUT – Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Kamel Rifai expressed Tuesday his complete rejectio...
10 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Taking concrete steps to protect migrant workers
By Brooke Anderson
HAZMIEH, Lebanon: Government officials, diplomats and rights advocates gathered ...
10 12 2013
Judiciary
Court reduces journalist’s sentence to two weeks
BEIRUT: Journalist Rami Aysha has been resentenced to two weeks in prison following an initial in ab...
10 12 2013
Accountability
Financing Lebanon’s share of the STL on track
BEIRUT - A “road map” was drawn for Lebanon to finance its share of the Special Tribunal...
10 12 2013
Human Rights
Lebanon military court gives reporter two weeks in jail
BEIRUT - A Lebanese military court on Monday sentenced a journalist to two weeks in prison for purc...
07 12 2013
Judiciary
Military court sentences reporter Aysha to jail
By Elise Knutsen
BEIRUT: Journalist Rami Aysha has been sentenced to six months in jail, reportedly...
05 12 2013
Human Rights
Mikati approves STL payment, undecided on Cabinet session
By Hasan Lakkis
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati approved the payment of Lebanon&rsquo...
04 12 2013
Right to fair trial
Lebanon court postpones Samaha’s trial
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Military Tribunal postponed Tuesday the trial of former Information Minister Mi...
04 12 2013
Detention & prison system
Nusra Prisoner health care system lacks resources: Red Cross
BEIRUT: The health care system for prisoners suffers from a lack of resources, a Lebanese Red Cross ...
04 12 2013
Detention & prison system
Lebanon judge requests death sentence for attempted car bombers
BEIRUT – Military Court Judge Fadi Sawwan on Tuesday called for handing the death sentence to ...
03 12 2013
Judiciary
STL likely to confirm January trial date, Merhi decision up in air
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Judges at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Monday looked set to confirm m...
03 12 2013
Torture
Civil associations call upon Lebanon to criminalize torture
Mon 02 Dec 2013 at 16:13
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02 12 2013
Women’s rights
Residents attack refugees over alleged sexual assault
By Rakan al-Fakih
BAALBEK, Lebanon: Residents of two Baalbek villages were enraged Sunday, as news ...
02 12 2013
Refugees' rights
U.N. Syrian refugees number tops 830,000
BEIRUT: More than 41,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon registered with the United Nations High Commissi...
02 12 2013
Human Rights
Refugees struggle to cope with cuts
By Samya Kullab, Elise Knutsen
TAALABAYA, Lebanon: By the late afternoon, the children were already...
02 12 2013
Judiciary
STL judges to decide whether to adhere to January trial date
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Judges at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will decide Monday whether to ...
02 12 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugees forced to leave Lebanon’s TemninBEIRUT – Syrian refugees were pressured into removing their tents on Sunday from Lebanon’s Temnin after a group of Syrians raped a mentally-challenged teenage
Earlier in the day, Temnin residents blocked the town’s main road to protest the rape ...
02 12 2013
Human Rights
Another threat to endangered sea turtles?
Development near a beach in south Lebanon raises fears a sea turtle nesting ground is in danger
M...
31 10 2013
Refugees' rights
Child among Indonesia migrant boat deaths
BEIRUT: The body of a child was identified as one of the victims of a boat accident off the coast of...
31 10 2013
Judiciary
Mikati sets date for annual STL payment
By Hasan Lakkis
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Wednesday he had set a date with...
31 10 2013
Judiciary
STL fines defense for ‘frivolous’ appeals
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Defense lawyers at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon were fined this week ...
30 10 2013
Judiciary
STL defense says conditions not satisfactory to begin trial
BEIRUT: Conditions are “not at all satisfactory” to commence trial in January, defense c...
30 10 2013
Refugees' rights
$1.3 million of art auctioned for refugees
By India Stoughton
BEIRUT: Close to 150 artworks with an estimated value of $1.3 million are set to...
30 10 2013
Right to fair trial
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon held its first pre-trial hearing on Tuesday
The trial chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon said Tuesday that it is “our intention...
29 10 2013
Judiciary
STL announces transfer of Hariri case to its trial chamber
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The Hariri assassination inched closer to trial Monday as the Special Tri...
29 10 2013
Human Rights
Envoy restores Sri Lankan kids’ links to home
By Elise Knutsen
BEIRUT: The ambassador of Sri Lanka picked up a pink Hello Kitty eraser and smiled...
29 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Roumieh prisoner found dead in apparentsuicide
BEIRUT: An inmate was found hanged in Roumieh prison Monday, security sources told The Daily Star.&n...
29 10 2013
Judiciary
STL Pre-Trial Judge Transfers Complete Case File in Hariri Assassination to Trial Chamber
by Naharnet Newsdesk 28 October 2013, 11:56
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge ...
28 10 2013
Human Rights
Judge seeks indictment of 72 over Abra clashes
BEIRUT: Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr sought over the weekend the indictment of 72 people over...
28 10 2013
Right to fair trial
STL Pre-Trial Judge Transfers Complete Case File in Hariri Assassination to Trial Chamber
by Naharnet Newsdesk 28 October 2013, 11:56
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge ...
26 10 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugees protest Qatari medical center closing
BEIRUT: Syrian refugees in Akkar implored the Qatari government Friday not to close down a medical c...
25 10 2013
Judiciary
STL confident Lebanon’s share of funding forthcoming
By Kareem Shaheen, Hasan Lakkis
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s top administrator ...
24 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Lebanon’s Ibrahim meets Assad over kidnapped bishops
BEIRUT: General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim met Wednesday President Bashar Assad in Damas...
24 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Two men arrested in Bekaa Valley over kidnappings
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army arrested two more men in the Bekaa Valley town of Brital in connection wit...
24 10 2013
Judiciary
Activists press judiciary to protect migrant domestic workers
By Brooke Anderson
BEIRUT: The judiciary must do more to protect domestic migrant workers from abus...
23 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Family of missing journalist calls for release
BEIRUT: The family of Lebanese journalist Samir Kassab, who was reported missing in Syria last week,...
23 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Family of missing journalist calls for release
BEIRUT: The family of Lebanese journalist Samir Kassab, who was reported missing in Syria last week,...
22 10 2013
Judiciary
STL president calls on fifth suspect to face justice
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon called Monday on the fi...
22 10 2013
Human Rights
Experts say ‘resilient Lebanese’ have good overall mental health
By Elise Knutsen
BEIRUT: Despite surviving a protracted civil war, continued regional volatility an...
22 10 2013
Accountability
STL: Fifth Suspect in Hariri Assassination May Be Tried in Absentia if He is Not Found
by Naharnet Newsdesk 21 October 2013, 13:50
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon has announce...
21 10 2013
Judiciary
Kidnapped man released without paying ransom
BEIRUT: An Iraqi-Lebanese national who was kidnapped in Mansourieh last week was released over the w...
21 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Three suspects in pilots’ kidnapping to be released
BEIRUT: Three men suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of the two Turkish pilots could be rele...
21 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Kidnapped Turkish pilots to be released in hours: source
BEIRUT: Two Turkish pilots kidnapped in Beirut in August are expected to be released within hours, a...
21 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Turkish pilots recount kidnapping ordeal, say no abuse occurred
BEIRUT: Two Turkish Airlines pilots who were released Saturday after spending over two months in cap...
21 10 2013
Human Rights
STL authorizes public announcements to serve new indictment
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafiq Hariri...
19 10 2013
Human Rights
Daouk denounces abduction of cameraman, reporter
BEIRUT: Caretaker Information Minister Walid Daouk denounced Friday the kidnapping of Lebanese camer...
19 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Man kidnapped last week in Mansourieh released
BEIRUT: An Iraqi-Lebanese man who was kidnapped in Mansourieh last week was released Friday, a secur...
19 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
EU allocates 70M euros to help refugees in winter
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Europe said it would allocate 70 million euros to helping Syrian refugees...
19 10 2013
Refugees' rights
EU to spend further $95 million on refugees in Lebanon
BEIRUT: The European Union will allocate an additional $95 million for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, E...
19 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Hostage saga ends as rebels free pilgrims
BEIRUT: Nine Lebanese nationals kidnapped in Syria last year were released Friday, caretaker Interio...
19 10 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese judge indicts Palestinian terror suspects
A Lebanese judge indicted Palestinian nationals for forming an armed group and planning terrorist at...
18 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Kidnapped Lebanese cameraman’s family appeals to politicians
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The family of a Lebanese journalist who disappeared in Syria this week ap...
18 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Turkish pilots kidnapped in Lebanon appear in video
BEIRUT: Two Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon appeared in good health on a video tape aired Tue...
18 10 2013
Judiciary
Contractors ask that politics stay out of Roumieh
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Contractors Association asked Thursday that politics sta...
18 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Police search prison block holding Islamists
BEIRUT: Police searched Fatah al-Islam prisoners Thursday in the notorious Roumieh Prison complex on...
18 10 2013
Refugees' rights
International aid to Lebanon for refugees not enough: Sleiman
BEIRUT: The contribution offered by the international community to help Lebanon cope with the influx...
18 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Dispute in Roumieh prison leaves 20 injured
A dispute in Lebanon’s Roumieh prison between prisoners from the Alam family and others from t...
18 10 2013
Detention & prison system
STL publicizes arrest warrant against Merhi
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Monday issued a public arrest for Hassan Merhi, who the tribun...
15 10 2013
Human Rights
BEIRUT: A Lebanese pharmacist who was kidnapped in east Lebanon in late September was released early Tuesday, security sources said.
They said Wissam al-Khatib was released near the city of Zahle, east Lebanon, at 3 a.m.
The Head of...
15 10 2013
Judiciary
STL urges Hezbollah suspect to participate in trial proceedings
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued a public service announcement Monday urging the fift...
15 10 2013
Refugees' rights
Unaccompanied Syrian children arrive in Lebanon under the radar
By Samya Kullab, India Stoughton
AKKAR, Lebanon: Four-year-old Adel and his 1-year-old sister Nour ...
15 10 2013
Detention & prison system
A fight that broke out between prisoners Monday at Lebanon’s central prison, Roumieh, may appear to be a minor incident, but it serves as a reminder of how authorities have let the facility languish
Last week, there was an attempt to smuggle a sandwich laced with chemicals into Roumieh, leading to ...
15 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Clash entre prisonniers de deux familles rivales à Roumieh
mardi, octobre 15, 2013
Une altercation entre deux prisonniers, appartenant aux deux familles rival...
15 10 2013
Detention & prison system
12 injured in Roumieh jail after scrambling
Mon 14 Oct 2013 at 17:58
NNA - Twelve prisoners on Monday were wounded in Roumieh jail when the...
15 10 2013
Human Rights
NNA - Pharmacist Wisssam Khatib, who was kidnapped almost two weeks ago, was released early hours of Tuesday in his hometown of Kfar Zabad, NNA correspondent reported. The family is keeping quiet as
http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/15282/Kidnapped-pharmacist-released
15 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Ibrahim meets Yazigi, briefs him on latest developments in case of kidnapped bishops
Sat 12 Oct 2013 at 11:23
NNA - Director General of General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahi...
15 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Dispute in Roumieh prison leaves 20 injured
A dispute in Lebanon’s Roumieh prison between prisoners from the Alam family and others from t...
15 10 2013
Judiciary
STL publicizes arrest warrant against Merhi
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Monday issued a public arrest for Hassan Merhi, who the tribun...
14 10 2013
Detention & prison system
School teacher kidnapped in Lebanon’s Arsal
BEIRUT: A school teacher was kidnapped at gunpoint in the border town of Arsal in east Lebanon at da...
14 10 2013
Human Rights
Children of migrant workers show off love for ‘wonderful’ Lebanon
By Elise Knutsen
BEIRUT: “There’s a lot of birds flying and one ladybug. And a house wi...
14 10 2013
Judiciary
Human rights committee chief rejects death penalty
BEIRUT: Head of the Parliament’s Human Rights Committee Michel Moussa called Sunday for rethin...
14 10 2013
Judiciary
Lawyers for latest STL suspect ask for trial suspension
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Lawyers for a Hezbollah member, accused of complicity in the 2005 attack ...
12 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Focus on execution as activists protest capital punishment
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
BEIRUT: Tony Ashkar’s feelings toward the death penalty are complicated...
12 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Lebanese activists protest to abolish death penalty
Activists from the National Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty staged on Friday a pro...
11 10 2013
Judiciary
STL names Hezbollah ‘supporter’ as fifth suspect
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon named Hasan Habib Merhi, a “suppor...
11 10 2013
Judiciary
STL prosecution says fifth suspect is Hezbollah supporter
STL prosecution says fifth suspect is Hezbollah supporter.
For the full story, click here.
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11 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Judge issues arrest warrant for defected Syrian colonel
BEIRUT: A judge issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a defected Syrian colonel, who confessed that ...
11 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Ramez Bahnam kidnapped in Dayshouniyeh, kidnappers demand USD 1 million ransom
Thu 10 Oct 2013 at 13:41
NNA - Citizen Rita Bahnam said Monday that her father Ramez Gebrayel B...
11 10 2013
Refugees' rights
Charbel: Terror suspects entered Lebanon as Syrian refugees
Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said that some terror suspects entered Lebanon under the ...
11 10 2013
Judiciary
STL indicts new suspect in Hariri slaying
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Thursday announced that it had indicted Hassan Merhi for the ass...
10 10 2013
Judiciary
Mikati assigns Roumieh probe to judicial authorities
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati tasked judicial authorities Wednesday with probing the...
10 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Mikati tasks judiciary with probing Roumieh rennovation case
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati tasked judicial authorities Wednesday with probing the...
10 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Seven Charged in Connection to Smuggling Explosives into Roumieh
by Naharnet Newsdesk 09 October 2013, 09:38
Seven people have been charged on Wednesday w...
10 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Abra clashes detainees bullied in Roumieh prison
A Sunni Salafi cleric revealed on Thursday that the Sunni Islamist detainees who were arrested follo...
09 10 2013
Judiciary
Qortbawi to pursue Roumieh corruption case
BEIRUT: Caretaker Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi announced Tuesday his intention to bring about ju...
09 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Two Lebanese freed after brief abduction in Angola
SIDON, Lebanon: Authorities in the Angolan capital of Luanda freed two Lebanese nationals who were k...
09 10 2013
Refugees' rights
L’armée intercepte au large de Saïda un bateau de migrants pour l’Italie
mercredi, octobre 9, 2013
L’armée libanaise a intercepté un bateau de m...
09 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Scandale de la prison de Roumieh... (suite)
mercredi, octobre 9, 2013
Le ministre sortant de la Justice, Chakib Cortbaoui, a annoncé hie...
09 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
The two Lebanese nationals that were abducted earlier on Tuesday in Angola were released later in the day, the National News Agency reported.
Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour was informed Tuesday evening of the release of Moui...
08 10 2013
Refugees' rights
Ireland to donate 500,000 euros for Palestinian refugees
BEIRUT: Ireland will contribute 500,000 euros to UNRWA to assist Palestinian refugees coming from Sy...
08 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Moqbel says Roumieh funds mismanaged
By Dana Khraiche
BEIRUT: Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Samir Moqbel said Monday the funds allocat...
08 10 2013
Judiciary
Judge orders arrest of seven for smuggling chemicalfilled sandwiches
Mon 07 Oct 2013 at 18:30
NNA - Government Commissioner before the Military Court, Judge Saqr Sa...
08 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Sakr continues investigations over suspicious sandwich to Roumieh prison
Mon 07 Oct 2013 at 14:41
NNA - Government Commissioner to the Military Court, Judge Sakr Sakr, ...
07 10 2013
Judiciary
Colonel gets death penalty over spying for Israel
BEIRUT: The Military Tribunal handed down a death sentence in absentia to a retired Lebanese colonel...
07 10 2013
Enforced disappearances
Ismail clan kidnap six Syrians in Bekaa Valley
BAALBEK, Lebanon: Members of the Ismail clan in the northern Bekaa Valley kidnapped six more Syrians...
07 10 2013
Judiciary
Safadi asks for STL payment approval
BEIRUT: Caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi asked caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to ap...
07 10 2013
Judiciary
Top officials commit to STL funding
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Top Lebanese officials said the government would pay its share of the bud...
07 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Military Court Sentences in Absentia Army Officer to Death over Collaborating with Israel
by Naharnet Newsdesk 05 October 2013, 09:13
The military court sentenced in absentia on S...
07 10 2013
Refugees' rights
Geagea calls for “safe areas” in Syria for refugees
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said that the solution for the Syrian refugees crisis would be t...
04 10 2013
Judiciary
Army: Reports on abuse of judge exaggerated
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army said Thursday to media reports that several soldiers had beaten a judge at...
04 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Roumieh Guard Arrested for Attempting to Smuggle Explosives in a Sandwich
by Naharnet Newsdesk 03 October 2013, 08:22
An attempt to smuggle explosive material thro...
04 10 2013
Detention & prison system
Judge investigates explosive-substance smuggling to RoumiehGovernment Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr is conducting investigations into an Internal Security Forces member who was c
Media outlets reported Thursday that the explosive substances were found in a sandwich that ...
03 10 2013
Refugees' rights
March 14 calls for solutions for Syrian refugees issue
The March 14 coalition on Wednesday called on the Lebanese caretaker cabinet to deal with the growin...
02 10 2013
Right to fair trial
Abu Faour: Fear of giving Beirut aid for Syrian refugees baseless
BEIRUT: Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour criticized the international community Tues...
02 10 2013
Refugees' rights
Miqati: Lebanon is not rejecting Syrian refugees
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati said that his country will not reject the Syri...
01 10 2013
Refugees' rights
Japan pledges funds for Syrian refugees
BEIRUT: The Japanese government announced Monday that it would provide $43.4 million in emergency ai...
30 09 2013
Women’s rights
Body of domestic violence victim exhumed
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
BEIRUT: The body of a woman who was allegedly beaten to death by her husband ...
30 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Migrants fell prey to unscrupulous smugglers
By Misbah al-Ali
QABEET, Lebanon: In the Akkar village of Qabeet, which is slowly coming to terms w...
28 09 2013
Human Rights
Bassil: Refugees threaten Lebanon’s existence
BEIRUT: Caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil warned Friday that the Syrian refugee crisis threat...
27 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Hale: Aid hinges on ‘responsible’ dealing with Syrian refugees
BEIRUT: Washington will continue to provide support for Lebanon to address the growing challenges of...
27 09 2013
Judiciary
Judge reopens Ramlet al-Baida suicide case over family’s doubts
BEIRUT: Judge Randa Yakzan asked police this week to reopen an investigation into the death of a wom...
27 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugees, NGOs brace for winter weather
By Kareem Shaheen
ZAHLE, Lebanon: The frail tents are held up by light wooden planks, the plastic s...
27 09 2013
Human Rights
Yazigi, Ibrahim discuss kidnapped Syrian bishops
BEIRUT: Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi discussed recent developments Thursday in the case of...
27 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Hale Says Lebanon Can Count on U.S. Support if It Continues Responsible Approach on Refugees
by Naharnet Newsdesk 26 September 2013, 13:33
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale on Th...
25 09 2013
Judiciary
Judge arrests two more over Bekaa Valley bombing
BEIRUT: Military Investigative Judge Imad Zein issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two Syrians involv...
25 09 2013
Detention & prison system
Les prisons sont plus que surchargées, avertit Cortbaoui
mercredi, septembre 25, 2013
Le cheikh Akl druze recevant Chakib Cortbaoui. Photo ANI
Le min...
25 09 2013
Judiciary
Judge Issues Arrest Warrants Against Two Syrians over Masnaa Attacks
by Naharnet Newsdesk 24 September 2013, 09:30
Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein issued...
25 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Jumblatt pessimistic over New York’s meeting on Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt voiced his pessimism over the results of the me...
24 09 2013
Judiciary
Judge denies request to release suspect in n. Lebanon blasts
BEIRUT: Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda rejected Monday a request to release Sheikh Ahm...
24 09 2013
Refugees' rights
U.K.’s Brown to make appeal for Syrian children
BEIRUT: Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans to make an international appeal for $500 milli...
24 09 2013
Detention & prison system
Inside Roumieh’s walls, prisoners run the show
By Samya Kullab
ROUMIEH, Lebanon: The lofty concrete walls insulating the interior of Roumieh&rsquo...
24 09 2013
Detention & prison system
Abra clashes detainees bullied in Roumieh prison
A Sunni Salafi cleric revealed on Thursday that the Sunni Islamist detainees who were arrested follo...
23 09 2013
Refugees' rights
South Lebanon residents wary of large complexes for Syrian refugees
By Mohammed Zaatari
SIDON, Lebanon: The Syrian refugee presence in Sidon has raised security concer...
21 09 2013
Refugees' rights
School enrollment period extended for Lebanese, Syrians
BEIRUT: Caretaker Education Minister Hassan Diab extended the registration period for Lebanese and f...
20 09 2013
Human Rights
Kidnapped Syrian man freed in Bekaa Valley
BEIRUT: A Syrian man who was kidnapped earlier this month was freed Thursday after the Army apprehen...
19 09 2013
Judiciary
Judge issues warrants for 3 more Syrians over rockets
BEIRUT: Military Judge Fadi Sawwan issued arrest warrants Wednesday for three more Syrians suspected...
19 09 2013
Detention & prison system
Over a third of inmates in prisons are non-Lebanese
BEIRUT: Around 36 percent of inmates in prisons are non-Lebanese, according to caretaker Justice Min...
19 09 2013
Judiciary
STL administrator meets with Lebanese officials
BEIRUT: The top administrator of the tribunal prosecuting the alleged killers of former Prime Minist...
18 09 2013
Freedom of expression
Journalist scores victory as case transferred from ISF cybercrime unit
By Meris Lutz
BEIRUT: A Lebanese journalist being investigated by the Internal Security Forces&rsqu...
18 09 2013
Freedom of expression
Lebanese journalists, activists protest near Justice Palace
A number of journalists and civil society activists held a protest near the Justice Palace Tuesday...
17 09 2013
Judiciary
Judge issues summons for Syrians over Tripoli bombing
By Youssef Diab
BEIRUT: Military Investigative Judge Riyad Abu Ghayda issued summons Monday for two...
17 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Latin America sends aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon
BEIRUT: A chartered plane carrying aid from Latin American organizations arrived Monday at the Rafik...
16 09 2013
Human Rights
Army frees Syrian kidnapped in east Lebanon
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army freed over the weekend a Syrian man who was kidnapped earlier this week in...
14 09 2013
Freedom of expression
Journalist detained in southern suburbs
BEIRUT: A man who was briefly detained by Hezbollah members at a checkpoint in Beirut’s southe...
14 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Recently arrived Syrians face hardship enrolling in school
By Samya Kullab
BAR ELIAS, Lebanon: Abdel-Halim Fares sits on a straw mat in his uncle’s make...
14 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Sidon schools overwhelmed by number of refugees
By Mohammed Zaatari
SIDON, Lebanon: An increase in Palestinian refugee students from Syria is likel...
13 09 2013
Detention & prison system
Roumieh prisoners want distance from Abra inmates
BEIRUT: Dozens of prisoners at Roumieh prison Thursday staged a two-hour sit-in demanding that inmat...
12 09 2013
Judiciary
STL defense criticizes state over cooperation
BEIRUT: The lawyers of a Hezbollah commander accused of involvement in the assassination of former P...
12 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees board plane to new life
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
BEIRUT: The first batch of 4,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon who have been sel...
12 09 2013
Human Rights
When domestic violence goes the other way
On July 17, 2013, Mohammad Darrar Jammo, head of the political and international relations service...
11 09 2013
Human Rights
Hostages’ relatives protest arrests in pilots’ kidnapping
BEIRUT: Amid heavy security presence, relatives of the hostages kidnapped in Azaz staged a sit-in ou...
11 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Shebaa says can’t meet needs of any more refugees
By Mohammed Zaatari
SHEBAA, Lebanon: Hiam Nasreddine broke into tears as she recounted how her fami...
11 09 2013
Detention & prison system
Women’s prisons topic of round-table discussion
BEIRUT: A round-table discussion about human rights policies and practices in women’s prisons ...
11 09 2013
Detention & prison system
Impasse totale sur les droits de la femme dans les prisons libanaises
Par Anne-Marie El-HAGE | mercredi, septembre 11, 2013
Les intervenants, Rodolphe Gebrayel, le ...
11 09 2013
Judiciary
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11 09 2013
Refugees' rights
EU Announces Immediate Release of 58 Million Euros to Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
by Naharnet Newsdesk 10 September 2013, 11:28
The European Union announced on Tuesday the...
11 09 2013
Judiciary
STL: Trial Chamber Presiding Judge Resigns
by Naharnet Newsdesk 10 September 2013, 13:09
Judge Robert Roth, presiding judge of the T...
10 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon braces for flood of refugees
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Lebanon can expect a “great flood” of refugees in the afterma...
07 09 2013
Refugees' rights
U.N. aid chief: Lebanon needs more support for refugees
By Samya Kullab
BEIRUT: The United Nations aid chief said Friday that Lebanon, where Syrians now co...
06 09 2013
Human Rights
Study on war trauma highlights role of experience and family environment
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Lebanese adolescents who witness violence or are injured in war are likel...
04 09 2013
Women’s rights
Female refugees bear extra burden for families
BEIRUT: Women are bearing the brunt of the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon, with many employing &ld...
04 09 2013
Judiciary
Military court delays decision on Minqara
By Youssef Diab
BEIRUT: The Military Court of Cassation rescheduled Tuesday its deliberations over ...
04 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Sleiman discusses Syrian refugees ahead of UN meet
BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman discussed the Syrian refugee crisis with the ambassadors of top wor...
04 09 2013
Judiciary
STL meets with media council over leaks
BEIRUT: A delegation from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating local news outlets over the...
03 09 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees top 2 million mark: U.N.
BEIRUT: The number of Syrian refugees who have fled the violence in Syria has topped the two million...
02 09 2013
Judiciary
Judge issues warrants for two suspects over Tripoli blasts
BEIRUT: Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda issued Monday arrest warrants for two suspects ...
30 08 2013
Refugees' rights
While Western countries are debating a Syria strike in the wake of the August 21 chemical attack on the outskirts of Damascus that left hundreds dead, thousands of panicked Syrians are seeking refuge
Several international humanitarian organizations have already warned that the recent militar...
29 08 2013
Human Rights
Kidnapped Turkish pilots in Lebanon speak in audio message
BEIRUT: A local television station broadcasted, what they described was an audio message of the two ...
29 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon refugee policies putting Syrians at risk: NGO
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s new refugee policies are putting Syrians at risk, stopping them from escapin...
29 08 2013
Human Rights
Man released hours after Bekaa Valley abduction
BEIRUT: A Lebanese man was released early Wednesday hours after gunmen kidnapped him in the Bekaa Va...
29 08 2013
Detention & prison system
Saqr extends detention of Tripoli bombing suspects
BEIRUT: Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr Wednesday extended once more the detention of Sheikh Abdel-Raz...
29 08 2013
Judiciary
STL is ‘no sinking ship,’ has potential to move on
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is not a “sinking ship” and ...
29 08 2013
Detention & prison system
Mokbel préside une réunion sur la réhabilitation de la prison de Roumié
jeudi, août 29, 2013
Le vice-Premier ministre, Samir Mokbel, a présidé hier une...
28 08 2013
Human Rights
Brother of kidnapped Turkish pilot pleads for his release
By Dana Khraiche
BEIRUT: Irfan Akpinar says he wants to hear the voice of his brother, one of two T...
28 08 2013
Human Rights
Gunmen kidnap man in Lebanon’s Baalbek
BEIRUT: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese national Tuesday in Baalbek, east Lebanon, security...
28 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees protest over cut funding
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Officials and residents at the north Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bare...
28 08 2013
Detention & prison system
Roumieh renovations to be closely examined
BEIRUT: Renovations being done on the notorious Roumieh Prison are due to be reassessed Tuesday afte...
28 08 2013
Detention & prison system
Mikati se penche sur les problèmes de la prison de Roumieh
mercredi, août 28, 2013
Samir Mokbel, hier, en compagnie de Nagib Mikati. Photo Dalati et Noh...
27 08 2013
Human Rights
Gunmen kidnap man in Lebanon’s Baalbek
BEIRUT: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese national Tuesday in Baalbek, east Lebanon, security...
27 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees protest over cut funding
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Officials and residents at the north Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bare...
26 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Security officials, diplomats discuss refugees, hostages
BEIRUT: Top security officials held meetings over the weekend to discuss issues related to the kidna...
24 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Syria’s 1 million displaced young turn to streets for help
By Rayane Abou Jaoude, Ghinwa Obeid
BEIRUT: More than 1 million Syrian children have fled violence ...
23 08 2013
Human Rights
EU is the next destination for Azaz hostage families
By Jana El Hassan
BEIRUT: Families of the Lebanese hostages being held in Syria have plans to take ...
23 08 2013
LGBTQ+ Rights
Gay marriage abroad opens doors for Lebanese
By Meris Lutz
BEIRUT: Last month, England and Wales approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. ...
23 08 2013
Human Rights
Syrian kidnapped in Western Bekaa village
BEIRUT: A Syrian national was kidnapped early Thursday in the Bekaa Valley, a security source told T...
23 08 2013
Detention & prison system
CoopérationUn guide à l’intention des geôlières dans les prisons des femmes« Renforcer les politiques et les pratiques des droits de l’homme dans les prisons des femmes au Liban. » Tel est le projet
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23 08 2013
Judiciary
Judge charges 3 men with planning terrorist acts
Government Associate Commissioner to the Military Court Dani Zaanni charged on Thursday three detain...
21 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanese miss the boat on Australia migrant law
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
BEIRUT: Detained on Christmas Island, a territory in Australia, for a month a...
21 08 2013
Judiciary
We must avoid a ‘show trial,’ STL lawyer says
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Emile Aoun has a clear idea of the purpose of his job as a defense lawyer...
20 08 2013
Human Rights
Kidnapped pilots being held separately
BEIRUT/ANKARA: The two Turkish Airlines employees kidnapped in Beirut earlier this month are being h...
19 08 2013
Human Rights
Families protest innocence of three suspects in Turkish kidnapping
BEIRUT: Representative of the families of Lebanese pilgrims being held hostage in Syria called the a...
19 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Risks high, but actual disease outbreaks among Syrian refugees low
By Niamh Fleming-Farrell
BEIRUT: While Syrian refugees may indeed face greater risks of contracting...
19 08 2013
Judiciary
Suspects in kidnap of Turks referred to Lebanon judiciary
BEIRUT: Three suspects arrested over the recent kidnapping of two Turkish Airlines pilots have been ...
17 08 2013
Human Rights
Army oversees hostage swap in Labweh
BEIRUT: A hostage swap between rival clans was carried out in the border village of Labweh Friday, w...
15 08 2013
Human Rights
Turkey turns to Hezbollah in hostage crisis
BEIRUT: Turkey sought Wednesday assistance from Hezbollah over the case of the two Turkish Airlines ...
15 08 2013
Human Rights
Turkish nationals shrug off kidnap threats
By Ilija Trojanovic
BEIRUT: Turkish nationals in Greater Beirut are reacting calmly to a threat mad...
13 08 2013
Human Rights
Aviation association calls for release of kidnapped pilots in Lebanon
BEIRUT: The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations called Monday for the im...
13 08 2013
Judiciary
Hurdles in the way of STL’s Hariri trial
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: Nine years after a massive car bomb killed former Prime Minister Rafik Ha...
13 08 2013
Human Rights
Kidnap harms ties between Lebanon, Turkey: Kassar
BEIRUT: The head of the Economic Committees Adnan Kassar warned Monday that the recent kidnapping of...
12 08 2013
Human Rights
Kidnap harms ties between Lebanon, Turkey: Kassar
BEIRUT: The head of the Economic Committees Adnan Kassar warned Monday that the recent kidnapping of...
12 08 2013
Human Rights
Kidnap of Turkish pilots ‘shameful’: Lebanon patriarch
BEIRUT: Cardinal Beshara Rai denounced Sunday the recent kidnapping of two Turkish pilots in the Leb...
12 08 2013
Human Rights
Security forces search for kidnapped Turks
By Hussein Dakroub
BEIRUT: Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Sunday the Lebanese Army...
12 08 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR helping over 566,000 refugees
BEIRUT: Ten thousand additional Syrians have registered with the United Nations High Commissioner fo...
12 08 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR says helping 677,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
BEIRUT: Ten thousand additional Syrians have registered with the United Nations High Commissioner fo...
12 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Change and Reform draft law will tackle refugees issue, Aoun says
Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun said that his bloc will propose a draft law in order to...
08 08 2013
Human Rights
MPs at odds over post of environment state prosecutor
By Wassim Mroueh
BEIRUT: Divergent opinions emerged Wednesday when a parliamentary subcommittee met...
05 08 2013
Freedom of expression
SKeyes launches Journalist Survival Guide videos
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
BEIRUT: The Samir Kassir Eyes (SKeyes) Center for Media and Cultural Freedom ...
05 08 2013
Human Rights
Azaz kidnappers dissatisfied with hostage negotiations
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels holding nine Lebanese hostages for more than a year voiced dissatisfaction Sun...
05 08 2013
Human Rights
Syrian kidnappers unhappy with hostage negotiations
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels holding nine Lebanese hostages for more than a year voiced dissatisfaction Sun...
05 08 2013
Human Rights
Tension spikes in east Lebanon as six more kidnapped
HERMEL, Lebanon: Tension spiked Sunday in east Lebanon as six more residents were kidnapped in the B...
03 08 2013
Human Rights
Businessman kidnapped in east Lebanon
BEIRUT: A Lebanese businessman with suspected links to drugs trafficking was kidnapped Friday night ...
03 08 2013
Judiciary
BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s pretrial judge Friday set a new tentative start date early next year for the trial of the four Hezbollah members indicted in the 2005 assassination of forme
In a statement, the international court said the date – Jan. 13, 2014 – set by Daniel Fr...
03 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian child refugee admitted to Lebanon hospital, TB suspected
By Mohammed Zaatari
SIDON, Lebanon: A Syrian child refugee suspected of having contracted Tuberculo...
03 08 2013
Human Rights
Car of Man Kidnapped in Ferzol Located in Riyaq
by Naharnet Newsdesk 03 August 2013, 07:03
A black Mercedes that belongs to a 51-year-old...
03 08 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrians Kidnap for Ransom Lebanese Citizen in Arsal
by Naharnet Newsdesk 02 August 2013, 13:26
A number of Syrians kidnapped on Friday a Leba...
01 08 2013
Human Rights
Arsal residents protest kidnapping of worker
BEIRUT: Residents of the town of Arsal in the northern Bekaa Valley blocked a road Wednesday to dema...
01 08 2013
Judiciary
Military Prosecutor Saqr rejects Samaha bail request
BEIRUT: Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr rejected Wednesday the bail request of jailed former Informati...
31 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Health Ministry, IRC to care for Syrian refugees
BEIRUT: The Health Ministry and the Iraqi Red Crescent agreed Tuesday to provide medical services to...
30 07 2013
Detention & prison system
Health Ministry: Prisoners should be immunized against hepatitis
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
BEIRUT: Prisoners should be immunized against hepatitis B, the caretaker heal...
30 07 2013
Judiciary
Pressure’s off Lebanon to pay STL dues
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The annual saga over the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, now...
30 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon to Appeal for Aid during International Conference on Syrian Refugees
by Naharnet Newsdesk 30 July 2013, 04:50
The increasing burdens caused by the soaring num...
29 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Impoverished Syrian refugees fear crackdown on illegal businesses
By Rakan al-Fakih
SAADNAYEL, Lebanon: For humanitarian reasons, Lebanese authorities have long igno...
29 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Stiffer security checks at border for refugees
By Rakan al-Fakih
MASNAA, Lebanon: Syrians fleeing the violence in their country into Lebanon will ...
26 07 2013
Human Rights
Arsal man kidnapped on Baalbek-Hermel road
HERMEL: A man was kidnapped in the Bekaa Valley Thursday, a security source told The Daily Star, rep...
26 07 2013
Human Rights
Mother detained for alleged role in daughter’s kidnapping
BEIRUT: Police arrested Thursday the mother of a girl who was kidnapped in the town of Jbeil over he...
26 07 2013
Human Rights
New project to track air pollution nationwide
By Samya Kullab
BEIRUT: Ships sailing off Beirut’s coast emit thick plumes of smoke from thei...
25 07 2013
Judiciary
Former Hague prosecutor Mundis appointed STL registrar
By Kareem Shaheen
BEIRUT: The U.N. secretary-general appointed Daryl A. Mundis as registrar of the ...
25 07 2013
Torture
Khiam Prison still a testament to Israeli crimes in Lebanon
By Mohammad Zaatari
KHIAM, South Lebanon: Standing on the ruins of Israel’s most notorious pr...
25 07 2013
Human Rights
Police free girl kidnapped in Mount Lebanon
BEIRUT: A girl kidnapped in Mount Lebanon earlier in the week was wounded when police managed to fre...
25 07 2013
Detention & prison system
Probe of Roumieh breaches starts with tour of prison
BEIRUT: An investigation into an alleged breach of contract by a firm tasked with reconstructing Rou...
25 07 2013
Judiciary
U.N. Chief Appoints Daryl A. Mundis as STL Registrar
by Naharnet Newsdesk 24 July 2013, 12:19
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban...
25 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Charbel says Syrian refugees to face tighter border control
Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said that Lebanon will be imposing strict border security...
25 07 2013
Judiciary
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday appointed Daryl A. Mundis as the registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri.
“I am honored that the Secretary-General has trusted me with this important responsibi...
25 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to move to Germany
Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said in remarks published on Wednesday that a numbe...
24 07 2013
Human Rights
Environment Ministry launches green manual
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the environmental ignorance found in many Le...
24 07 2013
Women’s rights
Rights committee pushes for domestic violence law
BEIRUT: The parliamentary Human Rights Committee met Tuesday to discuss how the domestic violence dr...
24 07 2013
Detention & prison system
Justice Enquête sur le cas de la prison de RoumiehLa commission juridique chargée par le juge Aouni Ramadan, président de la Cour des comptes, d’enquêter sur les malversations commises au sein de la
http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/825022/breves.html
23 07 2013
Women’s rights
Activists: Domestic abuse bill a step forward
Meris Lutz
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Women’s rights advocates welcomed a Parliament committee&r...
23 07 2013
Women’s rights
Lebanon panel approves draft law on domestic violence AFPMiddle EastA draft law protecting women from domestic violence was approved Monday by a Lebanese parliamentary panel, after years of campaigni
The parliamentary committee’s approval comes less than two weeks after 33-year-old Rula Yaaqub...
22 07 2013
Women’s rights
Akkar protest demands domestic violence law
By Antoine Amrieh
HALBA, Lebanon: Activists, women’s groups and local residents Sunday urged ...
22 07 2013
Women’s rights
Parliament committee backs domestic violence law
BEIRUT: A Parliament committee endorsed Monday a draft law aimed at protecting women from domestic v...
20 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Number of displaced Syrians in Lebanon tops 625,000: U.N.
BEIRUT: The number of Syrian refugees in the country now exceeds 625,000, the United Nations High Co...
19 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Abu Faour, Plumbly discuss fiduciary fund to aid refugees
BEIRUT: Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour and U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon De...
19 07 2013
Torture
Convicted Israel collaborator confessed under torture, NGO says
By Samya Kullab
BEIRUT: A local human rights organization is alleging that the case of Faisal Moqal...
19 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon deserves thanks for educating refugees
By Niamh Fleming-Farrell
BEIRUT: Lebanon deserves to be thanked for keeping its public schools open...
19 07 2013
Women’s rights
MPs urged to pass draft law on domestic violence
BEIRUT: The National Association for Combating Discrimination Against Women urged lawmakers Thursday...
19 07 2013
Refugees' rights
School’s in for summer: Syrians struggle to catch up
By Niamh Fleming-Farrell
Editor’s note: The following piece is the sixth installment in a ser...
19 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Syria ready for refugees to return from Lebanon: Aoun
BEIRUT: Syria is ready to receive the return of its citizens who fled the violence in the country an...
18 07 2013
Human Rights
Army Checkpoints Force Release of Kidnapped Man
by Naharnet Newsdesk 17 July 2013, 06:54
National Ayman Rayed, who hails from the Bekaa t...
17 07 2013
Human Rights
Ibrahim reports progress on kidnapped pilgrims
BEIRUT: General Security reported Tuesday that negotiations were accelerating with relevant parties ...
17 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Whether survival sex or prostitution, Syria’s poorest refugees face grim choices
By Samya Kullab
Editor’s note: The following piece is the fourth installment in a series focu...
16 07 2013
Refugees' rights
28 wounded Syrians kicked out of north Lebanon hospital
BEIRUT: A number of wounded Syrian refugees were expelled from a hospital in north Lebanon Sunday ov...
16 07 2013
Detention & prison system
Charbel outraged at poor prison renovation
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
ROUMIEH, Lebanon: Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel expressed outrag...
16 07 2013
Detention & prison system
Charbel voices outrage over prison conditions
By Rayane Abou Jaoude
BEIRUT: Caretaker Interior Minister expressed outrage Monday at the decrepit ...
16 07 2013
Human Rights
Man kidnapped in northeast Lebanon
By Rakan al-Fakih
HERMEL, Lebanon: A Lebanese man of Armenian origin was kidnapped in the outskirts...
16 07 2013
Detention & prison system
Roumieh Prison inmate held for robbery escapes
BEIRUT: An inmate escaped from Roumieh Prison, Lebanon’s largest detention facility, security ...
15 07 2013
Women’s rights
Activists urge MPs to pass domestic violence law
BEIRUT: A number of activists protested in Riad al-Solh Square in Beirut Sunday, urging MPs to appro...
15 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugees find shelter in unfinished buildings
By India Stoughton
The following is the second in a series focusing on Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
...
13 07 2013
Judiciary
STL judges re-elect Baragwanath as president, Riashi as VP
BEIRUT: Judge Sir David Baragwanath has been re-elected as president of the Special Tribunal for Leb...
13 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees yearn for better times ahead
The following is the first in a series focusing on Syrian refugees in Lebanon By Kareem Shaheen The ...
12 07 2013
Torture
Memories vivid at torture center turned museum
By Guillaume Decamme
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq: Kamiran Aziz Ali grimaces and leans forward, his hands beh...
12 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Majority of Lebanese wary of Syrian refugees, survey shows
BEIRUT: A majority of Lebanese believe the influx of Syrian refugees in their country threatens nati...
11 07 2013
Judiciary
Judge issues arrest warrants against Assir, Fadel Shaker
First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghaida on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against rad...
10 07 2013
Human Rights
Children main victims of Beirut explosion
By Kareem Shaheen
HARET HREIK, Lebanon: A determined calm took hold in this district of southern Be...
10 07 2013
Human Rights
Four children wounded in grenade explosion
BEIRUT: Four schoolchildren were injured Tuesday when a hand grenade they were playing with exploded...
10 07 2013
Judiciary
Judge requests death penalty for 33 over Arsal attack
BEIRUT: Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan requested the death penalty for 33 suspects in the killing o...
10 07 2013
Judiciary
Judge seeks death penalty for 37 people in Arsal ambush
By Rakan Al Fakih
HERMEL, Lebanon: Investigative Military Judge Fadi Sawan announced Tuesday that h...
10 07 2013
Human Rights
Seven children wounded by unexploded ordnance
BEIRUT: Seven children were wounded in the district of Akkar when unexploded ordnance they were play...
10 07 2013
Abolishing Slavery
Union honors migrant workers in rights program
BEIRUT: The National Union of Workers and Employees Syndicates in Lebanon honored more than 85 femal...
10 07 2013
Judiciary
Judge Seeks Death Penalty for Arsal Municipal Chief in Deadly Army Assault
by Naharnet Newsdesk 09 July 2013, 10:36
A Military Examining Magistrate demanded on Tues...
09 07 2013
Judiciary
Judge requests death penalty for 33 over Arsal attack
BEIRUT: Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan requested the death penalty for 33 suspects in the killing o...
09 07 2013
Judiciary
Judge investigates army personnel for misconduct
Military Investigation Judge Fadi Sawan on Monday investigated five Lebanese army personnel accused ...
05 07 2013
Judiciary
Activists put judges on notice over failure to implement drug law
By Meris Lutz
BEIRUT: All judges and lawyers working in the criminal court system were strongly urg...
05 07 2013
Women’s rights
Women launch campaign against domestic violence
BEIRUT: National organizations called Thursday for laws safeguarding women against domestic violence...
05 07 2013
Human Rights
Kidnapped Baalbek Man, 8 Syrians Released in Swap
by Naharnet Newsdesk 05 July 2013, 05:40
Mohammed al-Tufayli, a Lebanese man kidnapped in...
04 07 2013
Human Rights
Hospital manager arrested for drug trafficking
BEIRUT: The Drug Combat Unit at the Internal Security Forces arrested the manager of a hospital in t...
04 07 2013
Human Rights
Israel hands over kidnapped shepherds
BEIRUT: Israel turned over Wednesday afternoon two kidnapped shepherds from the Lebanese border town...
04 07 2013
Human Rights
BEIRUT: A Lebanese businessman was released overnight Thursday, a day after he was kidnapped in Baalbek, east Lebanon, a security source said.
Hussein Ali Awada, who owns a linen shop in Baalbek’s old city, was let go around midnight wit...
04 07 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese businessman kidnapped in Baalbek
By Rakan al-Fakih
BEIRUT: A Lebanese businessman was kidnapped overnight in the eastern town of Baa...
04 07 2013
Human Rights
UNIFIL Hands Over Kidnapped Shepherds to Army
by Naharnet Newsdesk 03 July 2013, 13:16
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on W...
03 07 2013
Women’s rights
Conflicting reports over judge’s decision in Nasawiya case
By Samya Kullab
BEIRUT: Conflicting reports emerged Tuesday that the preliminary investigation into...
03 07 2013
Judiciary
Investigator appointed over STL witness leaks
BEIRUT: Acting Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daryl Mundis has appointed Stephane Bou...
03 07 2013
Human Rights
Israeli soldiers kidnap Lebanese shepherds: Army
BEIRUT: Israeli soldiers have kidnapped two shepherds from the Lebanese border town of Shebaa, the L...
03 07 2013
Judiciary
STL appoints official to probe alleged witness leaks
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq...
03 07 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees in Lebanon to reach dramatic proportions, UN says
The United Nations said that the number of refugees in Lebanon might soon constitute around 20 perce...
02 07 2013
Human Rights
Environmental NGO marks 30th anniversary
BEIRUT: Birdlife International this year marked 30 years since the founding of The Society for the P...
02 07 2013
Judiciary
STL Pre-Trial Judge to Hold Status Conference on Wednesday
by Naharnet Newsdesk 01 July 2013, 15:48
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Judge Daniel Franse...
10 06 2013
Human Rights
Civil activists ask: Are you posting too much or too little on social media?
By Brooke Anderson
BEIRUT: Journalists, activists, bloggers and marketers gathered Saturday in Beir...
10 06 2013
Refugees' rights
Qusair refugees overwhelm Bekaa Valley town of Arsal
By Rakan al-Fakih
ARSAL, Lebanon: Thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing from the battles in the Syri...
10 06 2013
Human Rights
Residents, activists fight to preserve Ashrafieh’s Jesuit Garden
By Meris Lutz
BEIRUT: The Beirut municipality’s plan to tear up Jesuit Garden in Ashrafieh to...
08 06 2013
Judiciary
Official blames STL delays on flood of requests
By Mirella Hodeib
BRUSSELS: One of the main reasons for the delay in setting a tentative date for t...
08 06 2013
Refugees' rights
Social Tripoli: Abundant medical needs among Syrian refugees and victims of local conflict
TRIPOLI | June 07, 2013, 16h37
More than 10,600 Syrian families who have fled their country ...
08 06 2013
Human Rights
Kidnappers Nab Two Men in Baalbek, Seek $70,000 Ransom
by Naharnet Newsdesk 06 June 2013, 12:27
Two men went missing on Thursday in the Bekaa re...
08 06 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese citizen kidnapped by mistake, NOW reports
Lebanese citizen George Lishaa was kidnapped on Thursday in Ras Baalbek after the abductors mistook ...
05 06 2013
Refugees' rights
Health survey of refugee, local youths ‘reassuring’
BEIRUT: A health survey of local and refugee youngsters has produced reassuring results, according t...
04 06 2013
Human Rights
Social media fair aims to boost activists’ online performance
By Brooke Anderson
BEIRUT: Many activists have a strong social media presence, but not all of them ...
03 06 2013
Human Rights
Army intelligence frees kidnapped Syrian
BEIRUT: Army intelligence freed Sunday a Syrian national who had been kidnapped in Lebanon.
A state...
31 05 2013
Human Rights
Charbel, Ibrahim head to Turkey for hostage negotiations
BEIRUT: Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel left for Turkey Thursday for negotiations on the ...
31 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees burn Hezbollah aid
By Mohammed Zaatari
SIDON, Lebanon: Angry Palestinians set fire Thursday to humanitarian aid donate...
31 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugees burn Hezbollah assistance at Ain al-Hilweh camp
By Mohammed Zaatari
SIDON, Lebanon: Angry Palestinians set fire on Thursday to humanitarian assista...
29 05 2013
Refugees' rights
African refugees hunger strike in aid of daughter
BEIRUT: Two UNHCR-recognized African refugees began a hunger strike Tuesday to demand resettlement i...
28 05 2013
Human Rights
Keep children out of conflicts, Abu Faour says
BEIRUT: Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour urged all Lebanese political parties Monday to keep c...
28 05 2013
Human Rights
Painting gives children with autism a chance to shine
By Samya Kullab
BEIRUT: The sounds of children playing reverberated from almost every room at Sesob...
28 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Senior judges look to end prison overcrowding
BEIRUT: State Prosecutor Hatem Madi chaired a meeting at his office Monday to discuss solutions for ...
22 05 2013
Refugees' rights
UNICEF donates school kits to Palestinian refugees
BEIRUT: UNICEF Lebanon donated aid kits Tuesday containing school uniforms, school bags and clothing...
22 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Charbel: We Made a Mistake in Not Limiting Syrian Refugees to Camps
by Naharnet Newsdesk 21 May 2013, 05:38
Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel admitt...
21 05 2013
Human Rights
Obama calls Sleiman, stresses need for Cabinet, polls
BEIRUT: U.S. President Barack Obama called President Michel Sleiman Monday and stressed the need for...
21 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Obama supports international conference for Syrian refugees
US President Barrack Obama on Monday phoned Lebanon President Michel Suleiman and expressed an openn...
20 05 2013
Human Rights
Christian leaders renew calls to free kidnapped Syria bishops
BEIRUT: Christian politicians and religious figures renewed their calls Sunday to free two Greek Ort...
20 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Wadi Khaled expects influx of refugees
By Niamh Fleming-Farrell
WADI KHALED, Lebanon: As Syrian forces take measures to prevent rebel infi...
18 05 2013
Abolishing Slavery
Lebanese agencies trafficking migrant domestic workers into Syria
By Meris Lutz
BEIRUT: Dozens of migrant domestic workers are being trafficked over the Lebanese bor...
18 05 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR: Refugees struggle to find shelter
BEIRUT: A recent increase in rents has made it harder for Syrian refugees to find shelter in Lebanon...
17 05 2013
Human Rights
Monitoring system for rights of disabled kicks off
BEIRUT: The Union for the Disabled Lebanese launched a complaints and monitoring system Thursday to ...
17 05 2013
Refugees' rights
U.S. gives further aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon: U.N.
BEIRUT: The United States has contributed a further $32 million in aid for Syrian refugees in Lebano...
16 05 2013
Human Rights
Environment Ministry struggles to manage resources
BEIRUT: The creeping destruction of Lebanon’s natural resources is costing the country many mi...
16 05 2013
Judiciary
STL defense head: Trial likely by end of year
By Niamh Fleming-Farrell
BEIRUT: The in-absentia trial of four men accused of involvement in the 20...
16 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Sept organisations de défense des droits de l’homme exigent la libération immédiate de Tarek Rabaa accusé de collaboration avec Israël, réclamant l’ouverture d’une enquête sur des tortures qu’il aura
Tarek Rabaa, citoyen libanais de 43 ans, a entamé une grève de la faim il y a deux sem...
15 05 2013
Judiciary
STL moving quickly for victims’ sakes: official
BEIRUT: A senior official of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating the assassin...
15 05 2013
Refugees' rights
UAE Red Crescent offers aid to Syrian refugees in n. Lebanon
By Antoine Amrieh
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: The United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Authority began Tuesday d...
15 05 2013
Refugees' rights
UAE Red Crescent offers aid to Syrian refugees
By Antoine Amrieh
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: The United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Authority began Tuesday d...
13 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Aid for Syrian refugees failing to materialize: Mikati
BEIRUT: The international community should give Lebanon the needed assistance to provide aid for Syr...
13 05 2013
Judiciary
STL list leaked, stolen or fabricated?
By Niamh Fleming-Farrell
BEIRUT: Outrage, condemnation and the initiation of contempt proceedings h...
11 05 2013
Human Rights
Ibrahim cites progress in Azaz hostage issue
BEIRUT: General Security head Brig. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim said Friday positive steps have been taken to...
11 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Aid for Syrian refugees failing to materialize: Mikati
BEIRUT: The international community should give Lebanon the needed assistance to provide aid for Syr...
10 05 2013
Human Rights
Relatives of kidnapped hostages to end anti-Turkey sit-in
BEIRUT: Relatives of the Lebanese hostages in Syria suspended Thursday their sit-ins outside offices...
10 05 2013
LGBTQ+ Rights
Social Strong reactions towards arresting gay people
BEIRUT, by Louise Wernvik | iloubnan.info - May 09, 2013, 17h03
On April 21st, four peopl...
09 05 2013
Human Rights
Hostage families clash briefly with police
BEIRUT: Relatives of nine Lebanese hostages being held by rebels in Syria briefly clashed Wednesday ...
09 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Hunger strike prisoner’s family demands his release
BEIRUT: The family of a suspected Israeli spy who began a hunger strike 10 days ago Wednesday called...
09 05 2013
Human Rights
Zgheib: Relatives of Shiites kidnapped in Aleppo not satisfied with Mansour’s work
The son of the spokesperson of the relatives of the Shiite pilgrims kidnapped by Syrian rebels said ...
08 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Charbel considers weekly statistics to monitor refugees
BEIRUT: Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel chaired a meeting with security officials Tuesday...
08 05 2013
Refugees' rights
U.N. aiding 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The United Nations is now aiding nearly 400,000 Syrians across Lebanon, according to a new...
08 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee numbers rise to 400,000: U.N.
The United Nations is now aiding nearly 400,000 Syrians across Lebanon, according to a new...
08 05 2013
Judiciary
Families of Islamists Protest in Tripoli over Delay in Trials
The families of Islamist inmates detained in Roumieh Prison staged on Friday a sit-in in t...
08 05 2013
Judiciary
Pro-Islamist detainees protest held in Tripoli
Relatives of the Islamists detained in Lebanon’s troubled Roumieh Prison staged a pr...
08 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Suleiman wants help for refugee crisis
Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman called for an international conference to conven...
08 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Families of Islamist prisoners call for release, new trials
Relatives of Islamist inmates held at Roumieh prison protested Friday in Tripoli, lashing ...
07 05 2013
Judiciary
Hezbollah member sentenced to 4 years in Cyprus jail
The Criminal Court in Cyprus’s Limassol on Thursday sentenced Lebanese-Swedish natio...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese nationals abducted in Nigeria
Three Lebanese nationals were abducted in Nigeria, the National News Agency reported.
I...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Kidnapping saga continues in Arsal
Tensions continued to run high in the northern Bekaa Valley Thursday despite several promi...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Kidnapping arrests made, two plots foiled
The Higher Defense Council promised swift action Wednesday against a wave of kidnappings a...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Punishment and coordination needed to protect children
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour promised Wednesday to step up government action to ...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Report: 38 Kidnap-for-Ransom Suspects in Custody
Lebanese Armed Forces have so far arrested 38 people suspected of involvement in the kidna...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Aazaz Abductors Agree to Swap Pilgrims for Women Held in Syria Prisons
The abductors of the nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims held in the Syrian border town of Aazaz...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Army: Egyptian Held for Selling SIM Card to Child Abductors
The army has arrested an Egyptian man on charges of selling mobile phone lines without req...
07 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Islamist Detainees Riot in Roumieh to Ask for Amnesty
Islamist detainees in Roumieh prison held several members of the Internal Security Forces ...
07 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Palestinian Arrested in Tyre on Suspicion of Collaborating with Israel
The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch has arrested a Palestinian in southern Le...
07 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Tyre Prison Inmates Riot over Transfer of Prisoner
Inmates at Tyre prison in the South rioted on Saturday to protest the transfer of a prison...
07 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Georges Abdallah Supporters Protest Postponement of Decision over his Release
Supporters of former militant Georges Abdallah staged a demonstration on Sunday in protest...
07 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Attempted prisoner smuggling from Tripoli hospital foiled
Security forces on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle a prisoner out of a Tripoli hospi...
07 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Detainees in Tyre Prison set fire inside jail
Army units and security agency reinforcements were deployed on Saturday to Tyre’s go...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Sleiman upbeat over polls, says 1960 law ‘dead’
President Michel Sleiman expressed optimism that parliamentary elections due in early in J...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Suleiman: 95% Chance Elections Will Be Held, But Not According to 1960 Law
President Michel Suleiman stated on Thursday that possible security dangers should not hin...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Contacts ongoing between Mustaqbal, PSP to Reach Agreement on New Electoral Law
Efforts are ongoing between members of the March 14 camp and other political powers in Leb...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Les jeunes et les enfants s’expriment contre la discrimination
Le Centre Libanais des Droits Humains et le Mouvement Anti Racisme ont organisé ce ...
07 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Koura communities overwhelmed by growing influx of refugees
For the Syrian refugees, the tents went up as temporary housing in the olive-growing Koura...
07 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Report highlights poor conditions of Palestinian refugees from Syria
Most Palestinian refugees from Syria do not have enough food to feed their families in Leb...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Three Lebanese freed after being abducted in Nigeria
Lebanese nationals abducted in a Nigerian city were released overnight Thursday, the direc...
07 05 2013
Judiciary
Cyprus Court Gives Hizbullah Man 4 Years over Anti-Israel Plot
A Cyprus court sentenced a self-confessed Hizbullah member on Thursday to four years in ja...
07 05 2013
Human Rights
Abductions reveal Jaafar leadership crisis
Just over a year after the death of former MP Ali Hamad Jaafar, his clan is in disarray. T...
07 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Families of detained Islamists vow to continue protests
Relatives of Islamist prisoners held in Roumieh prison protested Friday in the northern ci...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
FSA stamp again takes center stage at airport immigration
Al-Arabiya correspondent Mohammad Dughmoch was detained for seven hours at Beirut’s ...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
No conclusion in sight for Jaafar-Arsal hostage standoff
Tensions in the northern Bekaa Valley threatened to boil over Tuesday as mediations betwee...
06 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugee kids learn life lessons in prefab school
Local educators in Sidon are growing increasingly frustrated with the dire conditions of t...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Relatives of pilgrims kidnapped in Syria hold demo
The relatives of the group of Lebanese kidnapped in Syria last year protested Tuesday outs...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Hermel-Arsal Negotiations to Release Tit-for-Tat Abductees at Standstil
Negotiations to free Hussein Jaafar, who was kidnapped over the weekend, stumbled after me...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Tit-for-Tat Abductions Continue between Jaafar Clan, Arsal Residents
Tit-for-tat kidnappings continued on Tuesday in the Bekaa region between the Jaafar clan a...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Army foils abduction attempt in Beqaa
The Lebanese army on Tuesday foiled an attempt to kidnap a member of the Breidi family in ...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
3 Lebanese kidnapped in Nigeria: Ministry source
Three Lebanese nationals have been kidnapped in Nigeria, a source at Lebanon’s Forei...
06 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Abu Faour: Caretaker Cabinet committed to Syrian refugees
Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour reassured Wednesday the international com...
06 05 2013
Refugees' rights
British PM’s wife visits Syrian refugees
Young Syrians are having their childhoods “smashed to pieces” by the conflict,...
06 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Grenade attack at Palestinian refugee camp in Tyre
A hand grenade was tossed overnight into a mosque inside a Palestinian refugee camp in Tyr...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Health Ministry sends warning to hospitals over smoking ban
Bars and restaurants are not the only establishments having trouble enforcing the smoking ...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Hostage standoff strains fragile peace between Jaafar clan, Arsal
A fragile peace continued to hold in the northern Bekaa Valley Wednesday, but relations be...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Kidnappers of clan member demand $1 mln ransom
The group behind the weekend abduction of a Lebanese clan member in the east of the countr...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Sleiman seeks Qatari intervention to secure release of hostages in Syria
President Michel Sleiman urged Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to increase h...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Three Lebanese kidnapped in Nigeria
Three Lebanese nationals have been kidnapped in Nigeria, amid reports that two of the thre...
06 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Non-camp approach is best, costs less: UNHCR
Lebanon’s open-border, non-camp response to the influx of Syrian refugees is the &ld...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Children and Youth Speak Up Against Discrimination
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) and Anti-Racism Movement organized on Saturday...
06 05 2013
Human Rights
Arsal Residents Denounce Tit-for-Tat Kidnappings, Urge Jaafar Clan to Avoid Strife
The residents of the northeastern town of Arsal denied on Wednesday any link to the kidnap...
05 05 2013
Detention & prison system
No word from Riyadh on Lebanese detainee: Charbel
Lebanon has no information on a Lebanese suspect recently detained in Saudi Arabia for spy...
05 05 2013
Judiciary
Cyprus convicts Hezbollah member of helping plan attacks on Israelis
A Cyprus criminal court found a Hezbollah member guilty Thursday of helping to plan attack...
05 05 2013
Judiciary
Cyprus court finds Hezbollah member guilty in Israeli plot
A court in Cyprus on Thursday convicted a Hezbollah member of plotting against Israeli interests on ...
05 05 2013
Women’s rights
Groups highlight lack of equal rights for women on Mother’s Day
Celebrations of Mother’s Day were marked Thursday by calls for the government and Pa...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
ISF, Army target gangs behind kidnappings
The Internal Security Forces and the Army are planning a major joint operation to apprehen...
05 05 2013
Freedom of expression
Media bodies trade blame over sectarian tone in coverage
The National Audiovisual Media Council and a union representing the sector Thursday traded...
05 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Syria returns Islamist detained in Tal Kalakh ambush
A Lebanese Islamist militant arrested in an ambush by the Syrian army late last year in th...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
Three dead in Tripoli clashes, Syria frees fighter
Three people were killed and at least 18 wounded in renewed clashes Thursday between suppo...
05 05 2013
Freedom of expression
Union warns ‘parasites’ impersonating Journalists
The president of the Journalists Union warned Thursday against what he said was the rising...
05 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Syria Releases Lebanese Salafist Seized in Tall Kalakh Ambush
Syria released on Thursday a Lebanese Salafist who had been seized in an ambush by Syrian regime tro...
05 05 2013
Women’s rights
Give Mom her rights, not a vacuum cleaner
Dina used to work in the accounting department of a private company when she became pregnant. She al...
05 05 2013
Women’s rights
Hariri for granting “full rights” to Lebanese mothers
Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri spoke out for the right of mothers to grant national...
05 05 2013
Women’s rights
Lebanese mothers warn politicians
Mother’s Day: a day to celebrate mothers, a day of gifts and flowers, of warm hugs a...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
At least 62 more Syrians flee to Shebaa Farms
Dozens more Syrians fled to the Shebaa area of south Lebanon Friday as fighting intensifie...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
UNDP launches education package on World Water Day
As a part of its World Water Day celebrations, the United Nations Development Program laun...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
Army ups presence after northeast Lebanon kidnappings
The Lebanese Army has boosted its presence in the northeast of the country after a series ...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
Missing man found dead, buried on Naameh shore
A man was discovered dead and partially buried Sunday near the seashore in the Chouf distr...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
Red Cross educates children on human rights
The Lebanese Red Cross held a two-day festival to promote children’s rights. The fes...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
Voices growing against recurrent violence in Tripoli
Every time sectarian clashes erupt in Tripoli’s warring neighborhoods of Jabal Mohse...
05 05 2013
Human Rights
"Mossad spy" spilled secrets to Hezbollah
A man identified by media as an Australian-Israeli Mossad agent and found hanged in a Tel ...
04 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Pope calls for more humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees
BEIRUT: Pope Francis called for more humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and other host c...
04 05 2013
Judiciary
Judge al-Zain Issues Arrest Warrants Against Qaida Suspects
Military Examining Magistrate Imad al-Zain issued on Wednesday arrest warrants against two...
03 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Mastermind of Estonian kidnapping in custody: police
BEIRUT: The mastermind behind the abduction of seven Estonian tourists two years ago and a series of...
03 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugee health concerns raise alarm
By Stephen Dockery
BEIRUT: United Nations and Lebanese officials sounded the alarm Thursday over in...
03 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon’s parliamentary committees warn of epidemics among refugees
The General Health, Labor, and Social Affairs parliamentary committees convened on Thursday at parli...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Two Lebanese contractors kidnapped in Nigeria feared dead
Two Lebanese contractors kidnapped by Islamist militants along with five other foreigners ...
02 05 2013
Women’s rights
Marking International Day, UN calls for eliminating violence against women
United Nations officials today issued a call to governments and citizens across the world ...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Israeli Police: Man Disappeared on Border with Lebanon
Israel’s police announced on Sunday evening the disappearance of an Israeli citizen ...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Mansour Denies Death of Lebanese Hostages Kidnapped in Nigeria
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour denied on Monday reports that the Lebanese hostages, kidnap...
02 05 2013
Freedom of expression
Activists hold Beirut march in support of women’s rights
Rights activists on Sunday afternoon held a march in Beirut on the occasion of Internation...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Kholoud and Nidal are expecting the first ‘civil’ baby in Lebanon
“It is as ‘Daddy and Mommy’ that we are preparing to buy your clothes.&r...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Awareness rises as homelessness grows
Albert Kassis has a strict daily schedule, keeping up with the latest news and the bustlin...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
For Burj al-Barajneh kids, ‘Los Angeles’ means a place to play
It was raining down the muddy alleyways of Burj al-Barajneh, but for a group of gleeful to...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Mansour: Abducted Lebanese not identified in Nigeria video
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said Monday the two kidnapped Lebanese in Nigeria were not ...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Ministry launches three environmental projects
The Environment Ministry launched three climate change initiatives Monday with the United ...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Renewed clashes wound 7 at s. Lebanon refugee camp
At least seven people were wounded in renewed clashes Tuesday between the mainstream Fatah...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
State prosecutor instructs judges to be strict in kidnapping cases
State Prosecutor Hatem Madi instructed the country’s public prosecutors Monday to ta...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Hezbollah says Syrian refugees not receiving needed aid
Hezbollah figure Ammar Musawi said Tuesday the international community had failed in fulfi...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
Judge Saqr issues summons for Sheikh Assir
Police failed to locate the whereabouts of Sheikh Ahmad Assir Tuesday after Military Prose...
02 05 2013
Women’s rights
‘No more excuses’ for media on female experts and leaders
Rights groups the SMART Center and Women in Front launched a collaborative awareness campa...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Social affairs minister launches children’s shelter
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour warned Tuesday that the country was only seeing th...
02 05 2013
Freedom of expression
Press freedoms worsen, cultural freedoms protected: report
Press freedoms experienced a setback in Lebanon last year largely due to the politicizatio...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Timeline of March 14 trials and tribulations
Once an emerging movement composed of major political parties demonstrating against Syria&...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
Abdallah supporters protest ahead of judicial meet
Supporters of leftist militant George Abdallah held a sit-in Wednesday amid an internation...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Abu Faour warns hospitals no one exempt from law
Political intervention won’t protect health institutions from escaping the consequen...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Agricultural figure escapes kidnapping in e. Lebanon
Head of Lebanon’s Agricultural Research Institute Michel Afram escaped unharmed from...
02 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Army detains two Syrians for threatening to kidnap woman and family
The Army’s Intelligence Branch detained two Syrians for blackmailing a Lebanese woma...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Former lawmakers call for elections on time
Former members of Parliament Wednesday called for holding the upcoming parliamentary elect...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon needs help as refugee crisis grows: Sleiman
President Michel Sleiman called for help for Lebanon to cope with the growing number of Sy...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Sleiman: More than 1 mln Syrian refugees in Lebanon
President Michel Sleiman said Wednesday that Lebanon could no longer accommodate an influx of Syrian...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
Verdicts issued for two men collaborating with Israel
The Military Tribunal issued verdicts Wednesday against two men accused of collaborating with Israel...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Connelly calls for human trafficking crackdown
U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly called Wednesday for punishing those engaged in human traff...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Druze sheikh comes out against civil marriage
Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Naim Hasan announced Wednesday his rejection of establishing...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Flawed health care system leaves 2 million people at risk
It was shocking when Moemin al-Mohammad died earlier this month after several hospitals de...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Charbel Warns from Riyadh: Lebanon Unable to Keep Up with Syrian Refugees Flow
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel announced on Wednesday that the cabinet is committed to s...
02 05 2013
Detention & prison system
General Security chief: No Lebanese detainees in Syrian regime prisons
Lebanon’s General Security chief General Abbas Ibrahim said in remarks published Wed...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
‘One million Syrians’ claim jolts Lebanon
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman reiterated his calls for international assistance in dealing with...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
10 Lebanese charged with illegal arms trafficking
Ten Lebanese individuals were charged Friday with illegal arms trafficking between Lebanon and Syria...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Civil marriage pioneers say their child will have no sect
The child of the first civil marriage on Lebanese soil will have no sect, newlywed and mother-to-be ...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Man fends off kidnappers with assault rifle in Bekaa Valley
A state agricultural and research official fended off would-be kidnappers in the Bekaa Val...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
STL defense attorney appointed to ICC list
Special Tribunal for Lebanon defense attorney Emile Aoun has become the first Lebanese law...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR head vows to ease difficult refugee conditions
The head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees kicked off a two-day visit to Lebanon ...
02 05 2013
Women’s rights
Women’s group laments nationality law failure
The National Commission for Lebanese Women expressed its disappointment Thursday over a mi...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
Saqr Charges 10 with Belonging to al-Nusra Front
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Friday ten people with...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
ICC accredits Lebanese lawyer for first time
Lebanese attorney Emile Aoun became the first attorney from his country to be accredited b...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
Lebanese judge indicts 10 people belonging to terrorist group
Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged ten Lebanese people ...
02 05 2013
Abolishing Slavery
Draft law aims to regulate domestic worker agencies
Labor Minister Salim Jreissati Friday presented a draft law to the Cabinet to regulate pri...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
New obstacles emerge in case of kidnapped
New obstacles have emerged and delayed the release of the nine remaining Lebanese pilgrims...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Protesters demand Lebanon prioritize wage hike
Protesters in Beirut demanded Saturday that the government devote exclusive attention to s...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
UN bodies want to tackle drought to avert food crisis
U.N. agencies want to strengthen national drought policies after warnings that climate cha...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Candlelight Vigil in Beirut in Solidarity with Syrian Women Refugees
A candlelight vigil was held Friday evening outside the national museum in Beirut in solid...
02 05 2013
Freedom of expression
Journalist deportation violates ‘dissociation’, press freedom
For journalists risking their lives to cover the war in Syria underindiscriminate aerial a...
02 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Mawlawi to NOW: I will not turn myself in
Lebanese pro-Syrian revolution Shadi Mawlawi said that he will not allow his detainment on...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
Tripoli Islamist faces terror charges
Lebanon’s judiciary charged a controversial Tripoli Islamist—whose 2012 arrest...
02 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Activists protest French ‘procrastination’ in Abdallah case
Supporters of leftist militant George Abdallah held a brief sit-in Sunday in Beirut to pro...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Children, the unintended victims of camp violence
The suspension of classes at UNRWA schools after each round of violence holds up the educa...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Climate change raises locust threat
Israel is not the only transgressor violating Lebanon’s airspace.Farmers and city-dwellers ali...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian killed at refugee camp in s. Lebanon
A Palestinian was killed and five others were wounded over the weekend as a result of a pe...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Photojournalists union elects new board
Photojournalists elected a new board for their union over the weekend.
They selected 11 n...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
Aid to Syrian refugees could stoke Lebanese ire
Uneven distribution of aid to displaced Syrians could exacerbate tensions with host commun...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Contraception and sexual health in Lebanon: Marsa is putting sex on the table
The sexual stigma in Lebanon is very much contradicted by the increasing amount of visitor...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Labor minister launches forum to help child workers
Labor Minister Salim Jreissati announced a new initiative to help child workers Tuesday af...
02 05 2013
Refugees' rights
4 Syrian refugee children rushed to hospital after seizure
Four Syrian refugee children were rushed Wednesday to a hospital in Sidon, south Lebanon, ...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Activists reject ‘green’ building proposal in wage hike draft law
A draft law designed to promote “green” construction has sparked outrage among...
02 05 2013
Detention & prison system
Arrest warrants issued for Syrian Al-Qaeda suspects
Military Investigative Judge Imad Zein issued formal arrest warrants Wednesday against two...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Efforts advance in fight against human trafficking
A comprehensive project to boost implementation of the anti-trafficking law released two d...
02 05 2013
Human Rights
Health Ministry updates cancer protocols with UNDP, expats
The Health Ministry announced Wednesday it had updated the cancer treatment protocols cove...
02 05 2013
Judiciary
Publisher fined LL28 mln, charged with defamation
The Publications Court found Ad-Diyar publisher Charles Ayoub guilty Wednesday of defamati...
01 05 2013
Human Rights
Protesters demand release of kidnapped sheikh
Residents from Beddawi, Wadi al-Nahleh and Minnyeh staged a sit-in near Akkar and blocked ...
01 05 2013
LGBTQ+ Rights
Activists slam police raid on nightclub as ‘hate crime’
BEIRUT: Activists protested in front of the judiciary in Beirut Tuesday calling for “accountab...
30 04 2013
Human Rights
Army raids Beirut apartments in hunt for kidnap suspects
The Army carried out raids Tuesday on apartment buildings in Beirut thought to be the hide...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Egypt NGOs offer aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Egyptian nongovernmental organizations have allocated $1 million worth of aid for Syrian r...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
EU pledges 30 mln euros for Syrian refugees
The European Commission will soon provide 30 million euros to aid Syrian refugees in Leban...
30 04 2013
Human Rights
Groups push for organ donation reform
Lebanese health professionals announced a series of recommendations for medical transplant...
30 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Abdallah Declares Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Palestinian Detainees
Lebanese leftist militant Georges Abdallah, who has been jailed for nearly three decades i...
30 04 2013
Human Rights
Red Cross transfers man’s remains from Israel
The body of a 42-year-old Lebanese man who died in Israel was returned Tuesday to his fami...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Head of Criminal Court of Cassation Withdraws from Samaha Case over Kinship
Head of the criminal court of cassation Judge Joseph Samaha stepped down from ex-Minister ...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
EU offers aid grant to Lebanon for Syria refugees
The EU on Tuesday announced that it was giving 30 million Euros in aid to Lebanon to help ...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Over 325,000 Syria refuges in Lebanon, report says
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees announced on Tuesday that the number of Syrian refug...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
European Commission Grants €30m to Lebanon to Deal with Refugee Crisis
The European Commission will provide additional €30 million to Lebanon to alleviate t...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Five Lebanese charged for collaborating with Israel
Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr charged Wednesday five Lebanese people who are current...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Four suspects involved in 2008 blasts released on bail
The Judicial Council agreed Wednesday to set free four people detained over explosions in ...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Group urges Mikati to amend nationality law
The National Commission for Lebanese Women presented a legal study to Prime Minister Najib...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Judge requests life in prison for suspect in Harb case
Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr requested Wednesday a sentence of life in prison with hard l...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Judicial Council Releases Suspects Linked to 2008 Tripoli Army Attacks
Four suspects linked to 2008 attacks against the Lebanese army in the northern city of Tri...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Judge Demands Hard Labor Life Sentence for al-Hayek in Harb Murder Plot
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr asked on Wednesday for a sentence of life i...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Saqr Charges 5 Lebanese with Collaborating with Israel
Five Lebanese people have been charged with cooperating with Israel, reported the National...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Court approves Samaha case indictments
The Court of Cassation approved Thursday an indictment which calls for the death penalty a...
30 04 2013
Women’s rights
For Lebanese women, the biggest battles are still ahead
In a country where hearing the word “yes” with respect to amending women&rsquo...
30 04 2013
Women’s rights
Women’s right campaigners threaten hunger strike over delayed action
Women’s rights activists escalated their campaign Thursday to see the family violenc...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Baragwanath Urges in 4th STL Report Lebanon to Exert More Efforts to Apprehend Accused
The fourth annual report on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s activities was sent t...
30 04 2013
Human Rights
Body of Missing Toddler Found on Seashore in North
The body of a two-year-old girl was found on a shore in northern Lebanon after she went mi...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Judge Demands Death Penalty for Hizbullah Member over Harb Murder Attempt
Military Examining Magistrate Fadi Sawan asked for the death penalty against a Hizbullah m...
30 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese boy released for huge ransom
A Lebanese boy was released for a ransom after he had been abducted last week in Beirut&rs...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Lebanese judge recuses himself from Samaha case
A Lebanese judge recused himself from looking into the case of the former Information Mini...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Judge requests life sentence for man accused of Harb assassination attempt
Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawan on Thursday requested hard labor for life for Mahm...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
STL amends rules of procedure and evidence
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the entity responsible for the trial of four Hezbollah m...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
STL calls for innovation in quest for accused
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon hopes to see “novel and intensified efforts” ...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Aley school for Syrian refugees hosts more than 500 students
While most schools were closed Friday to mark Teacher’s Day, the children of Syrian ...
30 04 2013
Human Rights
Anti-smoking funds not at risk, ministry official says
The Health Ministry is committed to the smoking ban, and the appointment of new administra...
30 04 2013
Women’s rights
First lady calls for greater empowerment of women
First lady Wafaa Sleiman marked International Women’s Day Friday by calling for grea...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Kfoury gets award for uncovering Samaha plot
The head of the Interior Security Forces, Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi, awarded Milad Kfoury an h...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Over 336,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
More than 10,000 Syrian refugees registered with the U.N. refugee agency in the past week, bringing ...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
21 Islamists Interrogated over Nahr al-Bared Clashes
The judicial council interrogated on Friday a third batch of Islamists over their links to...
30 04 2013
Women’s rights
Suleiman Urges Greater Role for Women in Public Life
President Michel Suleiman called on Friday for a bigger role for women in public life in L...
30 04 2013
Judiciary
Cassation Court endorses appeal to execute Samaha, Mamlouk
The Lebanese Criminal Court of Cassation presided over by Judge Walid al-Qadi on Thursday ...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
U.S. to push for quick delivery of aid to Syrian refugees
The United States will push for a quick delivery of aid recently pledged to Syrian refugee...
30 04 2013
Women’s rights
Hundreds march in Beirut for women’s rights
Up to a thousand women, youth and civil society activists marched Sunday to demand gender ...
30 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese not in kidnappers’ video: Embassy
Two Lebanese were not in a video of executed hostages distributed by kidnappers in Nigeria...
30 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon says world must shoulder Syrian refugee burden
President Michel Sleiman called on Monday for international action to help Lebanon cope with a del...
29 04 2013
Human Rights
Abu Faour files complaint over child’s death
Minister of Social Affairs Wael Abu Faour filed a complaint Thursday over the recent death...
29 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Abu Faour, U.N. urge support, funding for host communities
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said Thursday a “preventative and pre-emptive...
29 04 2013
Human Rights
Awada freed after parents pay $250,000 ransom
A 12-year-old schoolboy abducted last week was freed early Monday after his family paid th...
29 04 2013
Human Rights
Baalbek Municipality ousts member accused of spying
The Municipality of Baalbek ousted a council member Monday after he was accused of collabo...
29 04 2013
Judiciary
More arrest warrants issued over Arsal incident
Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan issued four arrest warrants in absentia Monday fo...
29 04 2013
Women’s rights
New round of regulating domestic worker agencies begins
A draft decree to regulate private recruitment agencies and bring them in line with intern...
29 04 2013
Judiciary
STL amendments to speed up proceedings
Just days after the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s provisional trial start date was ...
29 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Islamist inmates riot in Roumieh after visit denied
Islamist inmates briefly held hostage 10 guards at Lebanon’s largest prison Friday a...
29 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Riot at south Lebanon jail over inmate’s return
Inmates at the Tyre Central Prison in south Lebanon rioted Saturday voicing discontent ove...
29 04 2013
Judiciary
Activists ask Sleiman to push for personal status law
Activists urged President Michel Sleiman Saturday to help speed up the work of a parliamen...
29 04 2013
Human Rights
Berri rules out elections without new electoral law
Speaker Nabih Berri warned Sunday that the security situation in Lebanon was “very d...
29 04 2013
Abolishing Slavery
Foreign laborers go straight to arrival hall at airport
The General Directorate of General Security announced last week that foreign laborers in possession ...
29 04 2013
Human Rights
Füle to visit Beirut and discuss electoral reforms
The head of the European Commission for Enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy Stefan F&uu...
29 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Police block George Abdallah supporters outside French Embassy
Riot police closed off the street leading to the French embassy in Beirut Sunday, blocking the way o...
29 04 2013
Human Rights
Protesters blocked from nearing French embassy
Riot police closed off the street leading to the French Embassy in Beirut Sunday, blocking the path ...
29 04 2013
Human Rights
Al-Jadeed joins UNDP in promoting Live Lebanon
Al-Jadeed Television and the United Nations Development Program announced a new partnershi...
29 04 2013
Women’s rights
First lady stresses need to advance status of women
First lady Wafaa Sleiman stressed Monday the need to implement projects that advance the s...
29 04 2013
Freedom of expression
Media council looks to discuss commitments
The National Audiovisual Media Council called on media officials to attend a meeting to di...
29 04 2013
Judiciary
STL hands Mikati fourth annual report, statement due Friday
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon confirmed Monday the delivery to Prime Minister Najib Mik...
29 04 2013
Human Rights
Abductors ready for conditioned release of Lebanese pilgrims
Syrian kidnappers on Friday expressed their readiness to free the Lebanese nationals held ...
27 04 2013
Women’s rights
Protest Calls for Law to Protect Women Against Domestic Violence
Demonstrators marched to Ein el-Tineh on Sunday to call for putting a draft-law that prote...
27 04 2013
Human Rights
12-Year-Old Boy Released after 5-Day Kidnap Ordeal
A schoolboy, who was kidnapped last week in Beirut’s Ramlet al-Baida area, has been ...
27 04 2013
Women’s rights
Lebanese march in support of women’s rights
Hundreds of protesters marched in Beirut in support of women’s rights in Lebanon and...
26 04 2013
Human Rights
Report: Kidnapping Gangs Comprised of 37 Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian Nationals
A security apparatus has completed a report on the kidnappings in Lebanon, reported the da...
26 04 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR: At Least 305,753 Syrian Refugees Currently in Lebanon
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday that at least 305,753 ref...
26 04 2013
Women’s rights
Activists march to demand domestic violence legislation
Several hundred activists marched from across the capital Sunday morning to demand that Pa...
26 04 2013
Judiciary
Beirut demo urges swift trials for Islamist detainees
Around a thousand people gathered in Downtown Beirut Sunday for a sit-in organized by the ...
26 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Greek Catholic archdiocese registers 550 Syrians
The Greek Catholic archbishop of Zahle, Issam Darwish, said Sunday his archdiocese had reg...
26 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese schoolboy kidnapped last week freed
A 12-year-old schoolboy kidnapped in Beirut last week was freed early Monday, security sou...
24 04 2013
Judiciary
Ex-Lebanese minister, Syrian general indicted in terror plot
A Lebanese judge recommended Wednesday the death penalty for former Information Minister M...
24 04 2013
Human Rights
Kidnappers snatch 12-year-old boy waiting for school bus
Gunmen kidnapped a 12-year-old boy Wednesday while he was waiting for a school bus in fron...
24 04 2013
Human Rights
Kidnappers threaten to kill boy hostage
Kidnappers holding a 12-year-old boy have threatened to kill their hostage if their demand...
24 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees take shelter in Shiite areas of the south
Although the Syrian war has deepened already existing sectarian divides, thousands of refu...
24 04 2013
Refugees' rights
No love lost in the South
Fadi Chamieh is sitting in his office in the heart of Saida. A gray winter storm splashes ...
24 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Britain steps up support for refugees in Lebanon
British Foreign Secretary William Hague pledged Thursday to boost support to the Lebanese ...
24 04 2013
Human Rights
Civil marriage, a better deal than you thought
They say that money can’t buy love. But lack of it can certainly hurt one’s ch...
24 04 2013
Judiciary
Ministers, judges discuss legalization of civil marriage
A group of ministers and judges held an “expanded” meeting Friday in the headq...
24 04 2013
Human Rights
More funds needed to fight Litani pollution
The proposed plan for the comprehensive treatment of pollution that has hit the upper Lita...
24 04 2013
Judiciary
STL judge agrees to defense request to postpone trial
Special Tribunal for Lebanon pretrial judge Daniel Fransen Thursday officially postponed t...
24 04 2013
Human Rights
Reports: Qatar Ready to Pay $5 Million to Free Lebanese Held in Aazaz
Qatar is ready to pay a $5 million ransom to free the Lebanese pilgrims, who were kidnappe...
24 04 2013
Judiciary
Qortbawi, Charbel, Higher Committee for Consultations Discuss Legality of Civil Marriage
Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi, Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and two judges from the...
22 04 2013
Human Rights
Gunmen kidnap schoolboy in Lebanese capital
Gunmen kidnapped Wednesday a 12-year-old student in front of his home in Ramlet al-Baida, ...
22 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Hamas: Palestinian factions disrupting camps’ stability
Hamas representative in Lebanon Ali Barakeh accused certain Palestinian factions of disrup...
22 04 2013
Human Rights
Infant dies on hospital doorstep in north Lebanon
A 22-month-old infant died at the doors of a hospital in north Lebanon Tuesday after he wa...
22 04 2013
Judiciary
Military judge to issue Samaha indictment
Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda will issue a final indictment against former ...
22 04 2013
Human Rights
Surgeon accused of misconduct in organ transplant research
A prominent Lebanese organ transplant surgeon is facing charges of ethical misconduct for ...
22 04 2013
Human Rights
Child Dies from Meningitis after Northern Hospitals Refuse to Treat Him
Two years-old Momen Khaled al-Mohammed died on Tuesday from Meningitis after several Tripo...
22 04 2013
Judiciary
Military Court Demands Death Penalty for Samaha, Mamlouk on Terrorism Charges
The Military Tribunal issued on Wednesday an indictment against former Minister Michel Sam...
22 04 2013
Human Rights
Son of Businessman, 12, Abducted in Ramlet al-Baida
The 12-year-old son of a businessman from the Awada family was kidnapped on Wednesday near...
22 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanon delegation met with pilgrim abductors, report says
Lebanon’s Interior Minister Marwan Charbel dispatched a delegation to Syria’s ...
20 04 2013
Freedom of expression
Eichhorst highlights perils facing journalists in Syria
European Union Ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst Monday launched the eighth edition...
20 04 2013
Judiciary
Jumblatt urges suspects to appear before STL
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt called Monday on the four Hezbollah memb...
20 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese delegation meets with Syria kidnappers
A Lebanese delegation has met on orders from Interior Minister Marwan Charbel with the kid...
20 04 2013
Human Rights
Nigeria’s Ansaru behind kidnapping of Lebanese
A militant Islamist group in Nigeria claimed responsibility Monday for the abduction of se...
20 04 2013
Judiciary
Judicial Sources: Samaha Indictment on Terrorism Charges this Week
High-ranking judicial sources expected on Tuesday former Minister Michel Samaha to be indi...
19 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese among kidnapped in northern Nigeria
Gunmen kidnapped at least two Lebanese workers and killed a security guard when they storm...
19 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugee shelter debate heightens tensions in Sidon
Relations between the Future Movement and Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya are growing increasingly te...
19 04 2013
Human Rights
Syrians among kidnapped in Nigeria: Setraco CEO
Two Lebanese and two Syrians were among the seven kidnapped employees of Lebanese-Nigerian...
19 04 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR: At Least 283,000 Syrian Refugees Currently in Lebanon
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed on Saturday that at least 283,0...
19 04 2013
Judiciary
Report: French Court Could Release Georges Abdallah despite U.S. Pressure
An Appeals Court will soon decide the fate of Lebanese leftist militant Georges Abdallah, ...
19 04 2013
Human Rights
Islamist Group Claims Kidnap of Lebanese, Foreigners in Nigeria
The Islamist group Ansaru on Monday claimed the kidnapping of seven foreigners, including ...
19 04 2013
Human Rights
Two Lebanese men kidnapped in Nigeria
Unknown assailants kidnapped six foreign workers in North Nigeria’s Gamo on Sunday, ...
19 04 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR: More than 280,000 displaced Syrians in Lebanon
The United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees’ weekly report revealed that the...
19 04 2013
Judiciary
Victims want STL ‘witness list’ publishers held in contempt
Irrespective of the accuracy of supposed STL witness lists, those behind their publication...
18 04 2013
Human Rights
Charbel to Sign Civil Marriage License despite his Opposition to it
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel will sign a civil marriage license that has been referred...
18 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Roumieh Inmates Protest Decision to Transfer Prisoner, Vow to Take Action
Several inmates staged a protest in Bloc B in Roumieh prison over transferring another pri...
18 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Syria Women Face Horror of War, Seek Refuge in Lebanon to Give Birth
Syrian women waiting for pre-natal care at a Lebanese clinic know their pregnancies may en...
17 04 2013
Judiciary
Charbel urged to approve civil marriage in Lebanon
Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi Friday called on Interior Minister Marwan Charbel to appr...
17 04 2013
Enforced disappearances
Keeping the disappeared in public sight
A faded photograph of a missing father, mother, son or daughter. Bones wrapped in nylon. O...
17 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Qortbawi unveils new proposal for commission on disappeared
Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi announced Friday that he would propose once more a decree...
17 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Riot in Roumieh over decision to transfer prisoner
A group of suspected Islamist inmates rioted overnight Thursday over a decision to transfe...
17 04 2013
Refugees' rights
UNRWA registers 25,000 Palestinians from Syria
More than 25,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria have approached UNRWA in Lebanon, the age...
16 04 2013
Human Rights
Damaged children’s center in Nahr al-Bared reopens
A Nahr al-Bared center for children and adolescents that was partially destroyed in 2007 h...
16 04 2013
Human Rights
International green science fair kicks off in Dbayyeh
In an effort to step up support for green projects, Environment Minister Nazim Khoury laun...
16 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Minister warns refugee influx endangers Lebanon stability
Lebanon could face serious repercussions if the Syrian refugee influx continues, Social Af...
16 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Tensions between host communities, refugees
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour warned Thursday against the growing tensions betwee...
16 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Abou-Faour begged for EU assistance for displaced Syrians
Minister of Social Affairs, Wael Abou-Faour begged the European Union for assistance in ta...
13 04 2013
Human Rights
No evidence Sadr is dead: Lebanese official says
There is no strong evidence that missing Lebanese Imam Musa Sadr is dead, former Lebanese ...
13 04 2013
Judiciary
STL: No new allegations in prosecution’s latest amendments
No new allegations are included in the most recently proposed amendments to the Special Tr...
13 04 2013
Freedom of expression
Two newspapers fined over libelous articles
Two local newspapers were fined by the Publications Court Wednesday in separate cases.
Th...
13 04 2013
Human Rights
Syrian Force Abducts Lebanese Man from Masharii al-Qaa
Syrian regime forces on Wednesday stormed a house in the Bekaa border area of Masharii al-...
13 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Minister: Refugee crisis threatens Lebanon’s stability
Lebanon’s Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour presented the public with a dire wa...
12 04 2013
Human Rights
Activists decry sexual violence in Egypt, region
As part of a global day of action against sexual violence in Egypt, dozens of activists ga...
12 04 2013
Human Rights
Civil marriage: Time for a victory party?
Although not legally binding, a Justice Ministry committee’s published opinion on ci...
12 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees’ hardships intensify
The war in Syria has compounded what was already an emergency situation for Palestinian re...
12 04 2013
Judiciary
Saqr seeks to indict Samaha on terrorism charges
Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr requested Tuesday that former Lebanese Information Minister ...
12 04 2013
Judiciary
STL reinterviewing witnesses in Hariri case
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s investigative team is reinterviewing several Leba...
12 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee diseases, infections on the rise
A disfiguring and tough to treat boil and several other sanitary health problems are on th...
11 04 2013
Human Rights
Report: Pilgrims to be Released after Mediators Overcome 1 Last Obstacle
Nine Lebanese pilgrims held by rebels in Syria since May last year could be released soon ...
11 04 2013
Judiciary
Saqr Demands Indictment of Samaha, Mamlouk with Plotting Terrorist Acts
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr demanded on Tuesday indicting ex-...
11 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Tunnel Escape Plan Thwarted in Roumieh
Authorities have foiled a new plot by inmates to escape through a tunnel from Roumieh pris...
11 04 2013
Judiciary
Lebanese justice minister acts on civil marriage decision
The justice minister forwarded the decision on Tuesday after he had received it from the L...
11 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanon president commends registration of civil marriage
Lebanon President Michel Suleiman Tuesday lauded the judicial council’s approval to ...
11 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Lebanon prison break attempt thwarted
Security forces thwarted an escape attempt at the Roumieh prison in Lebanon, the National ...
10 04 2013
Judiciary
Justice Ministry rules that civil marriage is valid
A Justice Ministry committee ruled Monday that a recently executed civil marriage in Leban...
10 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Plumbly, Mikati discuss refugees, elections
U.N. official Derek Plumbly discussed with Prime Minister Najib Mikati Tuesday the latest ...
09 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Benefits of camps for Syrian refugees questionable at best
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said they are “becoming inevitable,” Pr...
09 04 2013
Human Rights
Charbel says still to examine civil marriage request
Lebanon’s Interior Ministry is yet to examine a ruling by a Justice Ministry committ...
09 04 2013
Abolishing Slavery
Hearing in Ethiopian domestic worker suicide case postponed
The first hearing for the man accused of contributing to last year’s suicide of Ethi...
09 04 2013
Judiciary
Indictment requested in Samaha case
Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr requested Tuesday that former Lebanese Information Minister ...
09 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Jailbreak attempt foiled at Lebanon’s Roumieh prison
Police at Lebanon’s Roumieh jail foiled an attempted prison break Tuesday, security ...
08 04 2013
Detention & prison system
1 killed as prisoner van hits police car in Beirut
A transport truck carrying women prisoners smashed into a Lebanese police escort on the Ka...
08 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Giving up on love: the refugee reality
Being a refugee often means leaving everything behind. For many that means their house, cl...
08 04 2013
Human Rights
Kidnapped businessman from Tyre released
A businessman was released by his kidnappers Sunday night, five days after he was snatched...
08 04 2013
Judiciary
34 Charged over Arsal Army Ambush, Municipal Chief Summoned
Suspected members of an armed group were on Monday charged in connection with the ambush o...
08 04 2013
Human Rights
Abu Ibrahim Reportedly Held amid Positive Signs in Case of Pilgrims Kidnapped in Syria
Bassam al-Dada, an adviser to the commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army, has denied repo...
08 04 2013
Human Rights
Businessman Najib Youssef Freed after 6-Day Kidnap Ordeal
A wealthy businessman kidnapped on Tuesday in the Tyre region was released on Sunday eveni...
08 04 2013
Detention & prison system
Policeman Killed, Inmates Injured as Prisoners Truck Overturns at Beirut Entrance
A police adjutant was killed and three inmates were injured on Monday when a truck transpo...
08 04 2013
Refugees' rights
More than 265,000 Syrian Refugees Aided in Lebanon
The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving aid from the United Nations, the Lebane...
08 04 2013
Judiciary
Judge issues indictment in LAF attack case
Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr indicted 34 people with the ...
08 04 2013
Human Rights
Kidnapped man released in Tyre
Lebanese businessman Najib Youssef, who was kidnapped on Thursday in Tyre’s Abu Al-A...
06 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Number of Syrian refugees aided by U.N. exceeds 265,000
The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving aid from the United Nations has now exc...
06 04 2013
Judiciary
Pretrial of Islamist prisoners begins amid tight security
Pretrial hearings for 20 Islamists who have been detained for nearly six years got under w...
06 04 2013
Human Rights
Disruption of sanitation services in Syria putting children’s health at risk says UNICEF
The severe disruption of water and sanitation services and a lack of access to basic hygie...
06 04 2013
Judiciary
First Round of Interrogations of Islamists Complete
The Judicial Council completed on Friday the first round of interrogations of a number of ...
06 04 2013
Human Rights
Family of abducted man block Beqaa road
The family of a man who had was abducted last week blocked the Terbol – Al-Riyyaq ro...
06 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese minister tackles developments in abducted pilgrims case
Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said that there is an ongoing effort to secure t...
06 04 2013
Accountability
Media Against Violence condemns Al-Manar for chat show brawl
Media Against Violence called on Lebanese television station Al-Manar to issue an apology ...
05 04 2013
Human Rights
Conflicting reports over death of Syrian pilgrim kidnapper
Official Turkish reports concerning the death of the head of a Syrian rebel group holding ...
05 04 2013
Women’s rights
Brother kills pregnant sister in south Lebanon
A pregnant teenager was killed by her brother in south Lebanon in what police have describ...
05 04 2013
Women’s rights
Extremism a threat to Muslim women
The near weekly demonstrations and sit-ins lobbying for a range of women’s issues in...
05 04 2013
Human Rights
Hearings to begin for 20 Islamists amid heavy security
The preliminary hearings of 20 men suspected of fighting against the Army in 2007 will beg...
05 04 2013
Human Rights
Lebanon minister says Syria’s Abu Ibrahim dead
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel quoted Friday Turkish officials as saying the head of the...
05 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugee coordinator calls for major reorganization
The government is preparing to issue a revised national plan to aid Syrian refugees next w...
05 04 2013
Judiciary
Security tight as hearings for 20 Islamists begin
Pre-hearings for 20 Islamist prisoners suspected of fighting the Lebanese Army in 2007 got...
05 04 2013
Judiciary
STL prosecution seeks amendments to indictment
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecutor has filed a confidential motion seekin...
05 04 2013
Judiciary
STL prosecution seeks to amend indictment
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecutor has filed a confidential motion to ame...
05 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees in Lebanon: hand for help in the Beirut neighborhood
Majd Nassan, the 21-year-old Syrian student and the fresh coordinator of the university so...
05 04 2013
Human Rights
General Security Chief to Probe Alleged Link between Syrian Defector and Kidnapped Pilgrims
President Michel Suleiman asked General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim on Friday t...
05 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Report: Over Half of Syria Refugees in Lebanon Lack Medical Care
More than half of the estimated 300,000 Syrian refugees who have fled to Lebanon are not r...
05 04 2013
Judiciary
STL Prosecutor Files Request to Amend Hariri Indictment
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Norman Farrell filed on Wednesday a “confide...
05 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Suleiman Says Instructions Clear on not Deporting Syrians
President Michel Suleiman said Thursday there are instructions not to deport any Syrian to...
05 04 2013
Judiciary
STL Prosecutor files indictment amendment
STL Prosecutor Norman Farrell confidentially filed a motion to make amendments to the indi...
05 04 2013
Human Rights
Syrian defector in Lebanon faces uncertain fate
A 30-year-old Syrian army defector in Lebanon faces possible torture and even death after ...
04 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Activist video targets anti-refugee sentiment
Frustrated with friends, neighbors and politicians blaming the country’s problems on...
04 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Charbel rules out Syrian defector’s deportation
The Military Tribunal has ordered the deportation of a defected Syrian army officer but In...
04 04 2013
Human Rights
Former lawmaker urges review of $1 billion waste in health sector
The upcoming World Day of the Sick should be an occasion for the country to review the sta...
04 04 2013
Human Rights
Tyre businessman kidnapped, ransom demanded
A businessman was snatched in south Lebanon overnight and held for ransom, security source...
04 04 2013
Refugees' rights
UN warns (again) of deepening humanitarian crisis in Syria
Once again, the United Nations humanitarian arm warned that the ongoing conflict in Syria,...
04 04 2013
Human Rights
Kidnappers Demand Ransom for Wealthy Businessman in Tyre
Kidnappers are demanding a 3-million-dollar ransom in return for freeing a Lebanese busine...
04 04 2013
Judiciary
Military Court Orders Extradition of Syrian Deserter
The Military Court has ordered the extradition of a Syrian officer-turned-rebel who entere...
03 04 2013
Judiciary
STL defense team should be given sufficient time: Mikati
Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Tuesday that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s def...
03 04 2013
Right to fair trial
Syrian refugee total of 250,000 could double by May: UNHCR
The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon expects the daily rate of registrations – around ...
03 04 2013
Human Rights
Workshop explores pact on raising children properly
The Adyan Foundation organized a workshop with members of civil society Tuesday to discuss...
03 04 2013
Judiciary
Mikati: give STL defence office enough time
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon has served since 2005, aiming to hold trials of those acc...
03 04 2013
Judiciary
STL Defense Head Hints Trials Could be Delayed
The head of the defense office of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Francois Roux, hinted ...
02 04 2013
Judiciary
Activists hopeful of civil marriage law amendment
Activists at a demonstration in support of civil marriage said they were optimistic about ...
02 04 2013
Judiciary
Trial of Islamists held in Roumieh to begin
The long-awaited preliminary interrogation of over 100 Islamists held at Roumieh prison si...
02 04 2013
Refugees' rights
Urgently-needed UN relief aid reaches northern Syria for first time
The United Nations refugee agency last week delivered emergency winter aid for the first t...
02 04 2013
Judiciary
Activists Rally for Civil Marriage in Downtown Beirut
Civil society activists, students and youth groups on Monday staged a sit-in at the Martyr...
02 04 2013
Human Rights
Fatah al-Islam Inmates Questioning to Kick Off Friday
Head of the Higher Judicial Council Judge Jean Fahd set on Monday the date of interrogatio...
02 04 2013
Judiciary
Protesters in Beirut demand civil marriage legalization
Civil society activists on Monday held a protest in Downtown Beirut’s Martyrs Square...
02 04 2013
Judiciary
Civil, religious marriage can go side by side: bishops
The Council of Maronite Bishops said Wednesday that civil marriage can exist alongside rel...
02 04 2013
Judiciary
Media watchdog calls on Lebanese military tribunal to drop reporter’s court-martial
An international media watchdog Tuesday urged a Lebanese military court to withdraw all ch...
02 04 2013
Human Rights
S. Lebanon businessman abducted, kidnappers want $3 mln
A businessman was snatched in south Lebanon overnight and held for ransom, security source...
27 03 2013
Human Rights
Charbel: Search for kidnappers of business owner ongoing
Authorities are searching for the abductors of a Lebanese business owner who was released ...
27 03 2013
Human Rights
Man abducted in Metn released after ransom paid
A man who was abducted Friday in the Metn town of Mansourieh was released in east Lebanon ...
27 03 2013
Human Rights
Merchant kidnapped in east Lebanon
A 55-year-old merchant was snatched at gunpoint Monday outside his business in east Lebano...
27 03 2013
Abolishing Slavery
Tragedies persist for domestic workers
When Alem Dechasa-Desisa hung herself by her bed sheets in a psychiatric hospital last Mar...
27 03 2013
Human Rights
Captive Released on Ransom after Three-Day Abduction
Fadi Metri was released by his abductors on Sunday after being kidnapped on Friday, report...
26 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Bassil warns against building Syrian refugee camps
Energy and Water Minister Gebran Bassil warned Friday against establishing refugee camps f...
26 03 2013
Human Rights
Religious leaders split over civil marriage
Christian, Druze, Shiite and Sunni clerics are split over the legalization of civil marria...
26 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee registration jumps to 165,000
January saw another large jump in the number of Syrian refugees registering with the Unite...
26 03 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese Man Kidnapped Near his House in Mansourieh
Police were on Friday investigating the kidnapping of a Lebanese man in the Metn town of M...
26 03 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR: At Least 242,000 Syrian Refugees Currently in Lebanon
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced on Friday that the number of S...
26 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Plumbly, Abadi discuss Syrian refugees issue
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly met with Iranian Ambassador t...
26 03 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR official: Commissioner discourages Syrian camps in Lebanon
Lebanon’s United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representative Ninette Kelle...
25 03 2013
Judiciary
Six Lebanese indicted for obtaining Israeli passports
Investigative military Judge Imad al-Zein issued indictments against six Lebanese in absen...
25 03 2013
Women’s rights
Sri Lanka ban on maids abroad excludes Lebanon: minister
Sri Lanka’s plan to ban women travelling abroad to work in menial jobs exc...
25 03 2013
Refugees' rights
U.S. envoy confirms $29 mln donation for refugees
U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly confirmed Thursday that the United States is giving $155 mi...
25 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Connelly Announces U.S. Support for Syria Refuges during UNHCR Visit
U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly visited on Thursday the UNHCR registration center in Beirut...
25 03 2013
Human Rights
Report: Lebanese Businessman Kidnapped in Venezuela
A 25-year-old Lebanese businessman has been kidnapped in northern Venezuela, his relative ...
25 03 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese Man Charged for Providing Info on Nasrallah Residence to Israel
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Thursday Talal Khalil ...
25 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Suleiman Hopes Aid Pledges to Syrians would be Translated into Deeds
President Michel Suleiman hoped on Thursday that the promises of the international communi...
25 03 2013
Refugees' rights
UN’s Plumbly: Plight of refugees from Syria ‘distressing’
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly said on Thursday the plight of refugees a...
25 03 2013
Right to fair trial
US envoy highlights aid channeled to Syrian refugees in Lebanon
US Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly highlighted her country’s recent pledge of h...
23 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Donor aid should be for all Syrian refugees, not just some, U.N. says
Palestinian Syrian refugees in Lebanon should receive the same financial assistance given ...
23 03 2013
Human Rights
Higher Shiite Council joins in rejecting civil marriage
Lebanon’s Higher Shiite Council said Thursday that it was against legalizing civil m...
23 03 2013
Torture
HRW stresses rights gap, torture in Lebanon
Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners, poor living conditions for refugees, and insuffici...
23 03 2013
Right to fair trial
Plumbly: Palestinian camps in urgent need of more assistance
There is an urgent need for more assistance for Palestinian refugees coming from Syria and...
23 03 2013
Human Rights
Progress made in bid to free hostages in Syria
Progress made in bid to free hostages in Syria
By Hasan Lakkis
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Na...
22 03 2013
Human Rights
Miqati meets with Turkish PM in Ankara
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati Wednesday met with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayy...
22 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Suleiman: Lebanon to keep border open to Syrian refugees
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday said that his country was determined to ke...
22 03 2013
Abolishing Slavery
Domestic worker dies in hospital from stab wound
A Nepalese domestic worker died in hospital Tuesday evening after suffering a stab wound t...
22 03 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese hostages not Turkey’s main problem: Erdogan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that the issue of the Lebanese ...
22 03 2013
Detention & prison system
George Abdallah supporters suspend French Embassy protest
Supporters of George Abdallah Wednesday suspended protests outside the French Embassy to g...
22 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Sleiman vows open borders as donors pledge $1.5 bln for refugees
President Michel Sleiman pledged Wednesday that Lebanon’s borders would remain open ...
22 03 2013
Judiciary
STL prosecution backs defense request to postpone trial
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecutor voiced his support Wednesday for a def...
22 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon Asks for $370 Million Aid for Syrian Refugees at Donor Conference
President Michel Suleiman urged donors on Wednesday to provide Lebanon with $370 million a...
20 03 2013
Human Rights
Celebrities throw hats into election fray
When pop confection Myriam Klink is advocating for civil marriage while Grand Mufti Mohamm...
20 03 2013
Abolishing Slavery
Housemaid dies from stab wound near Beirut
A Nepalese domestic worker died from a stab wound to the stomach in a hospital in Kesrouan...
20 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Ministerial committee tasked with resolving Abdallah case
The Lebanese government agreed to hold further talks with French officials to follow up on...
20 03 2013
Detention & prison system
MP says Lebanese prisons are ‘ticking time bombs’
Head of the parliamentary Human Rights committee MP Michel Moussa warned Tuesday of the de...
20 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Sleiman in Kuwait to attend donor conference
Lebanon’s President Michel Sleiman arrived Wednesday in Kuwait to attend a donor con...
20 03 2013
Judiciary
Sleiman: Taif and Constitution clear on right to civil marriage
President Michel Sleiman tasked Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and Justice Minister Shak...
20 03 2013
Judiciary
Suleiman on Civil Marriage: Failure to Tackle a Draft Law at Parliament Violates Taef
President Michel Suleiman stated on Tuesday that officials cannot “turn a blind eye&...
20 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Suleiman Heads Lebanese Delegation at Kuwait Donor Conference
President Michel Suleiman arrived in Kuwait on Wednesday to head the Lebanese delegation a...
20 03 2013
Judiciary
Suleiman: Electoral, Personal Status Laws ‘pillars of national unity’
Lebanon President Michel Suleiman reiterated the importance of the Personal Status Law and...
20 03 2013
Detention & prison system
US rep opposes French release of Lebanon militant
A US congresswoman on Monday urged France not to release a Lebanese militant jailed in con...
20 03 2013
Human Rights
Mufti Qabbani Issues Fatwa against Civil Marriage
Grand Mufti Mohammed Rashid Qabbani issued a fatwa on Monday against moves to legalize civ...
20 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Head of Roumieh Islamists charged over prison murder
Lebanon’s military prosecutor Monday indicted the head of the Fatah al-Islam detaine...
19 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Abdallah decision delayed, protest outside French mission
A French court reportedly postponed the hearing in the case of George Abdallah to Feb. 28 ...
19 03 2013
Judiciary
Judge snubs Kfoury testimony after witness misses hearing
First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda has decided against hearing the testimo...
19 03 2013
Human Rights
Mikati, Erdogan to discuss abducted pilgrims held in Syria
Prime Minister Najib Mikati is scheduled for a one-day official visit to Turkey Wednesday,...
19 03 2013
Human Rights
Qabbani describes civil marriage as ‘germ’
Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani took a firm stand against the legalization of c...
19 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Saqr: Death penalty over prison killing
Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr requested the death penalty Monday for a Fatah al-Isla...
19 03 2013
Human Rights
STL registrar to visit Lebanon
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Registrar Herman von Hebel will visit Beirut this week to mee...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Iran sends aid for Syria refugees in Lebanon
Iran on Wednesday sent aid to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon...
18 03 2013
Detention & prison system
8 Islamist prisoners charged with killing Roumieh inmate
Eight Fatah al-Islam prisoners were charged Friday with the recent killing of a fellow inm...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Abu Faour: Refugee camps inevitable
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said his ministry was doing everything within its p...
18 03 2013
Human Rights
Bride’s family rejects her battle for civil marriage in Lebanon
The family of a woman seeking a civil marriage license in Lebanon voiced disapproval Frida...
18 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Eight charged with murdering fellow inmate
Eight Fatah al-Islam inmates peacefully turned themselves in to police Friday for the alle...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Mikati, Ban discuss situation of Syrian refugees
Prime Minister Najib Mikati discussed Friday with U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon the situation of ...
18 03 2013
Human Rights
Paris police crack down on Abdallah supporters
Police in France are cracking down on all demonstrations in support of George Ibrahim Abda...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR: 8,000 refugees register in Lebanon in just one week
The UNHCR reported an increase in refugee registrations in its Bekaa processing center, a ...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Abu Faour: Lebanon´s biggest Syrian displacement
According to Social Affairs Minister, Wael Abu Faour, Lebanon is now facing the biggest an...
18 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Source: France Warns of Official Welcoming Ceremony for Abdallah
France is likely to deport Lebanese leftist militant George Abdallah soon after his case b...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Miqati, Ban Discuss Cooperation on Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Prime Minister Najib Miqati discussed with U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday the cooperatio...
18 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Negotiations with Roumieh Islamists to Hand over Two Inmates Accused of Murder
Special army units negotiated on Thursday with Islamists at Roumieh prison the handing ove...
18 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Nine Islamists Charged with Murdering Inmate at Roumieh
Nine Islamists were charged on Friday with the murder of a Palestinian inmate at Roumieh P...
18 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Prisoners and police complicit in Roumieh murder
Lebanon’s military prosecutor on Friday indicted Roumieh Prison inmates and security...
18 03 2013
Judiciary
STL pre-trial judge to hold hearing Wednesday
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) pre-trial judge will hold a hearing on Wedn...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugees in Lebanon demand UN aid
Dozens of Syrian refugees protested in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli demanding ...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanese fleeing Syria become refugees in homeland
Lebanese fleeing Syria become refugees in homeland
By Mohammed Zaatari
SIDON, Lebanon: Thousan...
18 03 2013
Human Rights
Nationality campaigners target ministers
Activists slammed a leaked ministerial report advising against equal citizenship rights for women in...
18 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Islamist inmates’ pre-trials to start next week: Qortbawi
The pre-trials for 90 suspected Fatah al-Islam members will begin next week, Justice Minister Shakib...
18 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Security changes coming at Roumieh prison
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Tuesday that recent escape attempts by dozens of inmates at th...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Sleiman asks Russia to help with refugees
Sleiman asks Russia to help with refugees
BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman said that Russia should ...
18 03 2013
Judiciary
Those revealing info could be held in contempt: STL
The U.N.-backed court set up to prosecute the killers of statesman Rafik Hariri condemned Tuesday re...
18 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee kids enjoy fun day in north Lebanon
Syrian refugee kids enjoy fun day in north Lebanon
BEIRUT: Some 450 refugee children who fled Syria...
16 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Koreans offer medical services to refugees
Capt. Song asks her patient, a Syrian refugee, to sit as she measures his blood pressure i...
16 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon seeks Russian help over Syria refugee influx
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered on Wednesday to host a conference on helping Leba...
16 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Putin offers to host international conference on Syrian refugees
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Wednesday to host a conference on efforts to help...
16 03 2013
Human Rights
Meqdad Denies Death of Abu Ibrahim: Efforts Are Ongoing to Release Lebanese Pilgrims
The Free Syrian Army denied on Wednesday the death of the abductor of the 11 Lebanese pilg...
16 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Putin Meets Suleiman, Promises International Conference on Syrian Refugees
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered on Wednesday after meeting with President Michel ...
16 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Source: Lebanon to Ask for $270 million in Kuwait Conference on Syria Refugees
Lebanon will ask for 270 million dollars during a donor conference in Kuwait on January 30...
14 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Beirut refugee conference marred by snags
A major conference for Syrian refugees in Lebanon organized by Islamic charity groups Frid...
14 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Charbel meets Paoli as pressure mounts to release Abdallah
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel assured France’s ambassador to Lebanon Friday that ...
14 03 2013
Judiciary
EU, media groups offer training for better STL reporting
Media groups and the European Union called for better reporting on the Special Tribunal fo...
14 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Iran to donate blankets, food to Syrian refugees
Iran will donate aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon under “strict humanitarian ground...
14 03 2013
Human Rights
Ministry launches new health care initiative
Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil expressed his commitment Friday to achieve a comprehensiv...
14 03 2013
Judiciary
STL could take action against Al-Akhbar
The spokesman for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon condemned a recent report by Al-Akhbar ...
14 03 2013
Refugees' rights
U.N.: 8,000 new refugees registered this week
Some 8,000 Syrian refugees are estimated to have registered with the United Nations High C...
14 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Jumblat from Moscow: Russia Promised Financial Aid to Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat announced on Friday that Russia has promi...
13 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Charbel to propose Abdallah committee
Charbel to propose Abdallah committee
By Wassim Mroueh
BEIRUT: Interior Minister Marwan Charbel wi...
13 03 2013
Judiciary
Court begin interrogation of Israel collaborator
The Military Court has begun interrogating a Lebanese man accused of high treason and collabor...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
Death of hybrid vote law leaves parliamentary panel in chaos
A parliamentary panel tasked with devising a new electoral law appeared Monday to be marking time af...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
Activists scuffle with restaurant over smoking law breaches
Activists draped a banner in front of the Enab restaurant in Mar Mikhael Thursday morning,...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
Ibrahim to head to Qatar for talks on Lebanese hostages
Ibrahim to head to Qatar for talks on Lebanese hostages
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s General Security ch...
13 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees protest in north Lebanon
Palestinian refugees displaced by the crisis in Syria held a sit-in Monday at the Beddawi refugee ca...
13 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Nationwide protests demand Abdallah’s release
Supporters of George Abdallah staged protests near the offices of the French Cultural Inst...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
Qatar appoints official over Lebanese held in Syria
Qatar has appointed a security official to follow up on the case of the Lebanese kidnapped...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
Qatar vows to help secure release of pilgrims
Qatar has promised to work on releasing the remaining nine Lebanese hostages held by Syria...
13 03 2013
Women’s rights
Women’s nationality supporters hold sit-in
Jinsiyyati (My Nationality), a group promoting citizenship rights for women, held a sit-in...
13 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Arrest Warrant Issued against Lebanese Man Who Cooperated with Israel for 22 Years
Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein interrogated on Monday a Lebanese man on charges of collaborati...
13 03 2013
Judiciary
Charbel: Qatar Tasked Security Official to Follow up on Case of Abducted Pilgrims
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim completed on Thu...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
Charbel: Qatar meetings on Lebanon abductees “productive”
Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel described his meetings with Qatari officials dur...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
Electoral Subcommittee Members Admit Differences Have Remained Wide
Rival lawmakers revealed on Monday that the gap on an electoral draft-law has remained wide despite ...
13 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Qabbani condemns demands to deport Syria refugees
Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani condemned Thursday &ld...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
March 8, March 14 Intensify Meetings on Electoral Law after Failure to Reach Consensus
The rival March 8 and March 14 camps on Monday embarked on studying their next steps concerning the ...
13 03 2013
Human Rights
Lebanon electoral committee continues draft-law talks
The parliamentary subcommittee discussing a new draft law for the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary el...
13 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Lebanon Interior Minister to follow up on Abdallah case
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said he would follow up on pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant George...
13 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Security forces thwart Roumieh prison break
The Lebanese security forces foiled an escape attempt in the central prison in Roumieh, the National...
12 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Abdallah supporters call for protests across Lebanon
Supporters of Lebanese prisoner George Abdallah will hold multiple protests at French cult...
12 03 2013
Human Rights
Grenade tossed at office of pro-Assad Palestinian faction
Unknown assailants tossed a hand grenade into the office of a pro-Assad Palestinian factio...
12 03 2013
Human Rights
Hariri request restarts efforts to free pilgrims
The Free Syrian Army will resume its mediation efforts to win the release of nine Lebanese...
12 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Housing poses pressing need for refugees
Lebanon needs to find housing for 300,000 Syrian refugees for three to five years, aid org...
12 03 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese freed in hostage swap on Syria border
A Lebanese kidnapped in Syria was released in a hostage swap Wednesday at a border crossin...
12 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugee from Syria commits suicide in Ain al-Hilweh
A Palestinian who fled Syria to Lebanon committed suicide overnight, apparently after rece...
12 03 2013
Human Rights
Protesters attack French institute in south Lebanon
Graffiti calling for the release of Lebanese prisoner George Abdallah appeared on the wall...
12 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Rape suspect commits suicide in Roumieh
An inmate in Roumieh prison on rape charges committed suicide Thursday morning, security s...
12 03 2013
Human Rights
Hezbollah against Hariri help in hostage crisis: Saqr
Hezbollah is against former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s intervention to free nine L...
12 03 2013
Refugees' rights
U.S. voices hope over Syria refugee conference in Kuwait
U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly expressed hope Wednesday that a planned conference over the...
12 03 2013
Human Rights
Death penalty in Lebanon: Pushing the debate back into parliament... and Lebanese minds
The pot of blood, spilled by the government once again started to boil as Robert Badinter,...
12 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Abou Faour: It is up to Syrian Refugees to Decide Moving out of Lebanon
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour has denied that the Lebanese government would urge...
12 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian Refugee Father of Four Hangs Himself in Ain el-Hilweh
Desperate and unable to provide for his wife and four daughters, a Syrian refugee who swap...
12 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Iran willing to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon, envoy says
The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon said on Tuesday that his country was willing to provide ...
12 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee father hangs himself in Lebanon
Desperate and unable to provide for his wife and four daughters, a Syrian refugee who swap...
11 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Police deny report of tunnel under Roumieh
The head of the police unit at Roumieh prison denied a local newspaper report published Tu...
11 03 2013
Refugees' rights
UNICEF Ambassador Farrow urges more aid for refugees
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has called for an increase in global humanitarian as...
11 03 2013
Detention & prison system
ISF Thwarts Prison Break in Aley Prison, Accomplice Detained
An escape attempt was thwarted at Aley prison on Wednesday with reports saying that the In...
11 03 2013
Refugees' rights
In Lebanon, Mia Farrow Appeals for Help for Syria Refugees
Hollywood actress Mia Farrow appealed on Tuesday for the international community to do mor...
08 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Abdallah supporters resume French Embassy protest
Abdallah supporters resume French Embassy protest
BEIRUT: Supporters of George Abdallah Sunday resu...
08 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Anti-France protest in s. Lebanon over jailed Abdallah
Anti-France protest in s. Lebanon over jailed Abdallah
By Mohammed Zaatari
BINT JBEIL, Lebanon: Su...
08 03 2013
Human Rights
Electoral subcommittee faces crucial week: Berri
Electoral subcommittee faces crucial week: Berri
BEIRUT Rival lawmakers launched Monday discussions...
08 03 2013
Human Rights
Campaigners criticize electoral law debate
Campaigners criticize electoral law debate
BEIRUT: The Civil Campaign for Electoral Reform proteste...
08 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Charbel requests talks with protesters
Charbel requests talks with protesters
BEIRUT: Supporters of Lebanese prisoner George Abdallah will...
08 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Displaced Syrians in Hermel face numerous difficulties
Talal Eskandar sits in front of a Hermel municipality building, doing his best to match faces and na...
08 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Mikati discusses refugee situation with Abbas and Elaraby
Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said Sunday there wasn’t the slightest hope that a positive de...
08 03 2013
Human Rights
MPs to open discussions on hybrid electoral law
Lawmakers from the March 8 and March 14 parties will resume discussions Monday on a hybrid ele...
08 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Refugees should be spread out in Syria, Arab region: Rai
Lebanon should coordinate to distribute refugees into “safe areas” in Syria and in other...
08 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Abdallah supporters announce more protests
Supporters of George Abdallah announced a series of protests to pressure France to expedit...
08 03 2013
Human Rights
Activist: Rejection of nationality law sets dangerous precedent
The ministerial committee studying the draft nationality law has rejected it in its entire...
08 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Attempted jailbreak foiled at Lebanon prison
Authorities foiled Wednesday an escape plot by two “dangerous” inmates at a pr...
08 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Charbel and Ibrahim make progress in Qatar visit
Qatar will appoint a security official to follow up on efforts to release the remaining ni...
08 03 2013
Human Rights
Khoury doubtful about environmental changes
Environment Minister Nazim Khoury said Tuesday he was not hopeful that his department woul...
08 03 2013
Judiciary
STL Spokesman: Leaks of Identities of Witnesses Jeopardizes their Lives, International Justice
The spokesman of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Marten Youssef criticized on Sunday the recent lea...
07 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Abu Faour discusses refugees with Russian envoy
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour discussed Monday the Syrian refugees issue separate...
07 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Blast at house sheltering Syrian refugees in north Lebanon
An overnight explosion blew the roof off a house that shelters two Syrian families in nort...
07 03 2013
Human Rights
Charbel and Ibrahim seek Qatari help over hostages
Senior Lebanese officials traveled to Qatar Monday to seek assistance in helping free the ...
07 03 2013
Human Rights
Environment minister: More effort for ecosystem
Environment Minister Nazem al-Khoury cautioned Monday that efforts to date to protect the ...
07 03 2013
Detention & prison system
French envoy urges patience over Abdallah release
France’s envoy to Lebanon Patrice Paoli urged patience Tuesday in the case of the de...
07 03 2013
Judiciary
Judge sets date to question Mamlouk in terror plot case
Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda set Feb. 4 as the date for questioning of Syrian offic...
07 03 2013
Judiciary
Lebanese Army officer faces death penalty for spying
Military Investigative Judge Imad Zein demanded Tuesday the death penalty for a high-ranki...
07 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees from Syria stage sit-in
Palestinian refugees displaced from Syria staged a sit-in Monday in front of the UNRWA off...
07 03 2013
Judiciary
Special Tribunal for Lebanon appoints new deputy registrar
The international court probing the assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister...
07 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Supporters slam delay in Abdallah release
Scores of demonstrators staged a sit-in near the French Embassy in Beirut to protest the u...
07 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah: Mansour meets French Ambassador
Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour is to meet on Tuesday morning with French Am...
07 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian Refugees: 200000 displaced in Lebanon says UNHCR
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says that the total number of Syri...
07 03 2013
Judiciary
Daryl Mundis Appointed as STL Deputy Registrar
Daryl Mundis was appointed this week as Deputy Registrar for the U.N.-backed Special Tribu...
07 03 2013
Human Rights
Road Blocked outside French Embassy as Miqati Calls Paoli, Slams Delay in Freeing Abdallah
Demonstrators blocked the road outside the French embassy in Beirut on Monday after a Fren...
07 03 2013
Judiciary
Paris court postpones decision on Lebanese militant release
A French court has postponed its decision until January 28 on whether to release a pro-Pal...
07 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Russia to establish hospitals for Syria refugees in Lebanon
Russia’s envoy to Lebanon on Monday said that his country would help the Lebanese So...
07 03 2013
Judiciary
STL appoints new deputy registrar
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafiq Ha...
01 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Charbel plans visit to Qatar to seek help in release of hostages
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said over the weekend he was planning a visit to Qatar in...
01 03 2013
Judiciary
France to postpone deportation of George Abdallah
Jana El Hassan
France will postpone the deportation of George Abdallah, the head of the...
01 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees call for road safety measures
Mohammed Zaatari
Palestinian refugees residing at the Jal al-Bahr refugee camp blocked ...
01 03 2013
Judiciary
Lebanon sets date for questioning of Syria’s Mamlouk
Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda set Feb. 4 as the questioning date for Syrian official...
01 03 2013
Human Rights
Turkey says blameless in case of Lebanese hostages
The case of the remaining Lebanese being held by Syrian rebels is a local affair and Turke...
01 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Georges Abdallah sera libéré dans la journée, sauf contretemps très improbable...
Élie Masboungi
Sauf un très improbable contrordre de dernière minu...
01 03 2013
Women’s rights
« Un code civil pour tous est nécessaire au Liban », estime Élisabeth Badinter
Anne-Marie El-Hage
Rencontre informelle entre la philosophe et militante françai...
01 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Maher Meqdad Leaves Jail as Military Court Releases Him on Bail
The spokesman of the military wing of the Meqdad clan was released from jail on Saturday, ...
01 03 2013
Detention & prison system
Georges Abdallah will not leave prison to apologize, brother says
Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah’s brother, Joseph, spoke to NOW on Thursday about...
01 03 2013
Refugees' rights
Number of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon surges to 200,000
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees revealed on Saturday that the number of Syrian refug...
20 02 2013
Detention & prison system
Charbel plans Qatar visit over hostages held in Syria
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Saturday he is planning a visit to Qatar in the next...
20 02 2013
Judiciary
Court releases Maher Meqdad on LL15-million bail
A man involved in a spree of kidnappings in the country last year was released Friday on a...
20 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Over 20,000 Palestinians from Syria remain in Lebanon: Hamas
Just over 20,000 Palestinians remain in Lebanon after fleeing violence in Syria, according...
20 02 2013
Judiciary
STL defense challenges Hezbollah involvement in Hariri killing
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s Defense filed its pre-trial brief this week chall...
20 02 2013
Judiciary
STL defense rebukes prosecution in pretrial brief
Willow Osgood
Defense attorneys at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon are lambasting the ...
20 02 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR running out of registration space
Stephen Dockery
The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving aid from the United ...
20 02 2013
Refugees' rights
UN boosts efforts to help over 600,000 displaced Syrians facing harsh winter conditions
The United Nations refugee agency today said today it is implementing measures to help mor...
20 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Mansour veut mettre à contribution la Syrie dans le dossier des réfugiés pour les aider à retourner chez eux
À la veille de son départ au Caire où il doit prendre part à l...
20 02 2013
Detention & prison system
Nouvelle étape lundi pour la libération de Georges Ibrahim Abdallah
Le compte à rebours a commencé pour l’ancien activiste libanais George...
20 02 2013
Judiciary
TSL : les avocats de la défense déposent leurs mémoires d’avant-procès
Les conseils de la défense des quatre accusés ont déposé leurs...
20 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Mansour: Lebanon to Ask for $180 Million Arab Aid for Syria Refugees
Lebanon will ask for 180 million dollars from Arab countries to assist refugees from Syria...
20 02 2013
Judiciary
Report: Meqdad Military Wing Spokesman Released on Bail
The spokesman of the military wing of the Meqdad clan has been released on bail, reported ...
20 02 2013
Judiciary
Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s accused file Pre-Trial Briefs
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon said in a statement that the accused in the assassination...
15 02 2013
Human Rights
Death of homeless Abdullah leads to relief campaign
Olivia Alabaster
The death of Ali Abdullah Monday provoked an immediate outpouring of o...
15 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Fletcher promises more British aid for refugees
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour briefed British Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher ...
15 02 2013
Judiciary
Lebanon makes resolution not to quit smoking
Lysandra Ohrstrom
Though countless bars and restaurants in Lebanon relaxed the four-mon...
15 02 2013
Judiciary
Madi working to improve cooperation with media
Public Prosecutor Hatem Madi discussed with heads of various newspapers, news agencies and...
15 02 2013
Judiciary
Mikati urges judiciary to swiftly issue indictment against Samaha
Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged the judiciary to swiftly issue indictments in outstandin...
15 02 2013
Refugees' rights
MP accuses Labor Ministry of assisting Syrian Embassy against workers
MP Akram Shehayeb Wednesday accused Labor Minister Salim Jreissati of assisting the Syrian...
15 02 2013
Human Rights
Au Sérail, projet national pour soutenir les familles les plus pauvres
Un protocole a été signé hier entre les ministères des Affaire...
15 02 2013
Human Rights
Imad Bazzi à la SG : Rendez-moi mon passeport
Le blogueur libanais Imad Bazzi a publié hier sur son blog trella.org une lettre ou...
15 02 2013
Refugees' rights
La réunion extraordinaire de la Ligue arabe promet d’élargir l’aide aux réfugiés
Le ministre des Affaires sociales a expliqué à l’ambassadeur britanniq...
15 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Une situation effroyable pour les réfugiés syriens à Saïda
Jeanine Jalkh
Si le supplice des Libanais durant les tempêtes de neige est d&eacu...
12 02 2013
Judiciary
Sayyed submits phone call recordings between Sakr, Syrian rebels
Former General Security chief Jamil al-Sayyed has submitted CDs to Lebanon’s General...
11 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Arab League to hold talks on refugees
Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo next week to address the gr...
11 02 2013
Detention & prison system
Berri calls for release of Palestinian prisoners
Speaker Nabih Berri urged Monday the heads of international, Muslim, Arab, Asian, Francoph...
11 02 2013
Human Rights
Body of Lebanese man returned from Israel
The body of a 46-year-old Lebanese man who died in Israel was returned Monday to his famil...
11 02 2013
Judiciary
Sayyed hands judiciary recordings implicating Saqr in funding rebels
Former General Security chief Jamil al-Sayyed handed Lebanon’s general prosecutor au...
11 02 2013
Refugees' rights
À Aïn el-Héloué, la misère du double exode des réfugiés palestiniens de Syrie
Suzanne BAAKLINI
Parmi les réfugiés qui affluent de Syrie, il y a les Pal...
11 02 2013
Detention & prison system
« L’affaire GIA », un brûlot pour la justice française et les autorités libanaises
Élie MASBOUNGI
Possible remise en liberté, ce jeudi, du Libanais Georges ...
11 02 2013
Human Rights
Pour Nabaa, la protection de l’enfance, une priorité
Son nom signifie « source » en arabe. L’association Nabaa tente depuis s...
11 02 2013
Human Rights
18,800 Poor Lebanese Families to Benefit from Free Healthcare
The Social Affairs and Health Ministers said Tuesday 18,800 Lebanese families will be able...
11 02 2013
Human Rights
Nahhas Meets with Restaurant Owners, Says Cabinet Could Consider Amending Smoking Ban
Trade and Economy Minister Nicolas Nahhas stressed on Tuesday that the government is commi...
11 02 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR: 180,000 Syrian Refugees Receiving Assistance in Lebanon
The number of Syrian refugees receiving assistance from the Lebanese government,the United...
11 02 2013
Human Rights
Lebanese minister commends new welfare program
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said that the Lebanese government should pride itse...
05 02 2013
Refugees' rights
FM Considering Establishment of Syrian-Lebanese Refugee Committee
Lebanon is seeking to establish a joint Lebanese-Syrian committee to deal with the conditi...
05 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Miqati Plays Down Government Dispute on Refugees from Syria
Prime Minister Najib Miqati played down differences between cabinet members on the Syrian ...
05 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Mufti Qabbani Rejects Harassment of Refugees, Criticizes Calls for Deporting Them
The Lebanese Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani rejected on Friday calls for the d...
05 02 2013
Detention & prison system
Police Seize Prohibited Items, Including Spy Pen, in Roumieh Prison
Security forces seized from two inmates in Roumieh prison several illegal items, including...
05 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanese Mufti against expelling refugees
Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani voiced his opposition ...
05 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon approves aid "measures" for Syria refugees but wants help
Lebanon has approved a series of measures that will keep its border with Syria open to ref...
05 02 2013
Refugees' rights
Mansour discusses refugees issue with Arab League chief
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour on Friday telephoned Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi and d...
31 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Bassil says infiltrators among incoming refugees
Lebanon must stop the influx of refugees from Syria over concerns that extremist Muslim gr...
31 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Lebanon wants Arab meet on Syria refugee crisis
Lebanon wants an Arab League meeting to discuss the issue of the growing number of Syrian ...
31 01 2013
Detention & prison system
North rally calls for release of Islamist detainees, fighters
Protesters rallied Friday outside Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s residence in north L...
31 01 2013
Detention & prison system
Protesters outside Mikati home want Islamists freed
Protesters rallied Friday outside Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s residence in north L...
31 01 2013
Refugees' rights
U.S. welcomes Lebanon plan for Syrian refugees
U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly welcomed Friday Lebanon’s adoption of a comprehensive...
31 01 2013
Judiciary
Judge passes death sentence on assassins of Hezbollah official
Judge passes death sentence on assassins of Hezbollah official
Military judge Immad al Za...
31 01 2013
Judiciary
Affaire Samaha : silence assourdissant de Mamelouk
Impliqué dans l’affaire de l’introduction d’explosifs au Liban pa...
31 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Connelly annonce une aide de 210 millions de dollars aux réfugiés syriens
L’ambassadrice des États-Unis, Maura Connelly, s’est félicit&eac...
31 01 2013
Detention & prison system
Les islamistes de Tall Kalakh manifestent leur colère devant la maison de Mikati à Tripoli
Les familles des victimes libanaises de l’embuscade de Tall Kalakh et des islamistes...
31 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Les surprises de l’accueil humanitaire : 620 naissances syriennes au Liban depuis la révolte...
L’aide humanitaire aux familles syriennes réfugiées au Liban a commenc...
31 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés syriens : le souci de la transparence freine l’arrivée de l’aide occidentale
Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) se propose d&...
28 01 2013
Detention & prison system
Committee head: Prison buildings need overhaul
The chairman of Parliament’s Human Rights Committee said Thursday the country’...
28 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Hezbollah rejects politicizing case of Syrian refugees
The leader of Hezbollah said Thursday the issue of the growing number of refugees fleeing ...
28 01 2013
Human Rights
Nasrallah warns against partition in Syria, region
Dana Khraiche
Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah warned Thursday that Syri...
28 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees from Syria hit with visa fees
Annie Slemrod
Palestinians fleeing the violence in Syria must pay LL25,000 to enter Leb...
28 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Hassan Nasrallah about the Syrian refugees in Lebanon: closing the borders with Syria is inadmissible
Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on Thursday sternly cautioned agains...
28 01 2013
Refugees' rights
UNHCR calls on the private sector to support urgent humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees
The ongoing crisis in Syria has led to a dramatic surge in the number of refugees fleeing ...
28 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Réfugiés syriens : le CPL revient à la charge et l’Allemagne octroie 19 millions de dollars
Il semblerait que le Courant patriotique libre (CPL) ne se soit pas suffi de la polé...
28 01 2013
Human Rights
Affaire Bazzi : la Sûreté générale nie tout
Sandra Noujeim
Le bras de fer entre le blogueur libanais Imad Bazzi et la Sûret&e...
28 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Le gouvernement s’attelle enfin au dossier des réfugiés syriens
Le cabinet a adopté hier soir un plan d’aide aux réfugiés syrie...
28 01 2013
Human Rights
Nasrallah : Si la solution militaire perdure en Syrie, la guerre sera longue
Le secrétaire général du Hezbollah a affirmé que le Liban aura...
28 01 2013
Judiciary
7 Men Face Death Penalty in Assassination of Hizbullah Official
A military examining magistrate indicted on Thursday seven men on terrorism charges that c...
25 01 2013
Human Rights
Aid groups distribute food, blankets in Sidon
By Mohammed Zaatari
Some 1,000 refugee families from Syria received food and blankets i...
25 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Cabinet green-lights refugee plan
By Nafez Kawas, Hussein Dakroub
The Cabinet voted Thursday to approve a comprehensive p...
22 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinian refugees protest in front of UNRWA
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Syria held a protest against their poor living condi...
22 01 2013
Human Rights
Relatives of Lebanese held in Syria protest in Beirut
The relatives of Lebanese nationals held hostage in Syria’s Aleppo demonstrated in f...
22 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian envoy urges unambiguous support for refugees in Lebanon
Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali said that Lebanon should provide humanita...
21 01 2013
Human Rights
Abu Faour retracts remarks about Syria complaint
By Hasan Lakkis
Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour retracted Wednesday an earlier c...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian refugee influx could ruin Lebanon: Bassil
The waves of refugees fleeing war-torn Syria into Lebanon will have a devastating impact o...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Cabinet likely to approve Syrian refugee plan
By Wassim Mroueh, Hasan Lakkis
The Cabinet is expected to approve a comprehensive plan ...
21 01 2013
Human Rights
Charbel urges Turkey to help free Lebanese hostages
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel reiterated Thursday his request for Turkey to help in the...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Palestinians displaced from Syria protest outside UNRWA
Palestinian refugees displaced from Syria carried out protests outside the offices of the ...
21 01 2013
Human Rights
Relatives of hostages seal shut Turkish Airlines office
The relatives of nine Lebanese hostages being held in Syria by rebels protested Wednesday ...
21 01 2013
Human Rights
Relatives of hostages suspend escalation after protest
By Meris Lutz
The families of nine Lebanese kidnapped by Syrian rebels blocked the door...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Syria files second complaint against Lebanon aid to refugees
Syria’s envoy to Lebanon has sent another letter of complaint accusing the Social Af...
21 01 2013
Detention & prison system
Tripoli families protest over detained, killed Salafists
Relatives of Salafist fighters killed in Syria last year and Islamists detained in Lebanon...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Bou Faour promet de répondre aux attaques de l’ambassadeur de Syrie après les fêtes
Le Conseil des ministres appelé à définir une « approche global...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
La situation humanitaire ne permet pas de fermer les frontières, souligne Abbas Ibrahim
Le directeur général de la Sûreté générale, le g&...
21 01 2013
Freedom of expression
Le blogueur Imad Bazzi interrogé aujourd’hui par la SG, « une procédure de pure routine »...
Interdit d’entrée en Égypte depuis septembre 2011 à cause de se...
21 01 2013
Human Rights
Les parents des otages chiites en Syrie suspendent leur campagne contre les intérêts turcs
Les parents des pèlerins chiites enlevés en mai dernier dans la régio...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Mikati dénonce les critiques « injustifiées et inacceptables » portant sur l’aide de l’État aux réfugiés syriens
Le Premier ministre Nagib Mikati a présidé hier une réunion minist&ea...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Cabinet to Discuss Aid for Syria Refugees Amid Security Fears
The cabinet is scheduled to discuss on Thursday a relief plan for refugees from Syria that...
21 01 2013
Refugees' rights
Syrian Envoy: Solution to Refugee Crisis Hinges on End of Foreign Funding, Arming
Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali said the crisis of refugees from Syria would be reso...
Freedom of expression
Lebanon: Comedian Arrested for Critical Jokes
Lebanon: Comedian Arrested for Critical Jokes
Escalating Attacks on Free Expression
(Beirut, A...
