20 06 2026
Refugees' rights

World Refugee Day 2026: Protecting Refugees’ Rights Amid Renewed Conflict and Displacement in Lebanon  

Every year on 20 June, the world marks World Refugee Day, a moment to honor the strength o...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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30 06 2025
Judiciary

Challenges to Judicial Independence

Beirut, June 27, 2025 – The Lebanese Center for Human Rights organized a roundtable entitled &...
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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...
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28 05 2025
Human Rights

Ceasefire Commitments and IHL Obligations Must Be Respected   

   Joint Statement by Humanitarian, Development, and Human Rights Organizations in Leba...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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20 03 2025
Freedom of expression

Against Suspicious Campaigns Killing the “State”

Against Suspicious Campaigns Killing the “State”   With the objective of in...
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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 ...
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26 02 2025
Human Rights

Press Release - Coverage of Human Rights During Crises

      Recognizing Journalists  For Their Coverage of Human Rights Du...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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   ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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24 07 2024
Human Rights

Statement on the protection of children from exploitation in Lebanon:   

     Addressed to the community, parliament, government, judiciary, security se...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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30 04 2024
Human Rights

Tell Meta: Stop Silencing Palestine

A coalition of Palestinian and global digital groups, representatives of the #StopSilencingPalestine...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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21 12 2023
Abolishing Slavery

Safe from Slavery: Empowering Migrant Workers in Lebanon

  Press Release: "Safe from Slavery: Empowering Migrant Workers in Lebanon"  ...
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19 12 2023
Detention & prison system

Mental Health Behind Bars

  In light of accumulating crises and enduring inequalities in Lebanon, prisoners have found...
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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...
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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 ...
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05 12 2023
Detention & prison system

التحقق من انتهاكات حقوق الانسان في مراكز التوقيف 

    التحقق من انتهاكات حقوق الانسان في مراكز التوقيف      في...
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05 12 2023
Human Rights

Monitoring Human Rights Violations in Lebanese Detention Centers: 

  Monitoring Human Rights Violations in Lebanese Detention Centers:     ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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26 09 2023
Human Rights

Statement on Minors

 The Lebanese Center for Human Rights has witnessed an increase in arbitrary decisions regardin...
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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...
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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...
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05 09 2023
LGBTQ+ Rights

Lebanon: Attack on Freedoms Targets LGBTI People

Lebanon: Attack on Freedoms Targets LGBTI People Repressive Legislation; Unlawful Crackdown ...
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11 08 2023
Human Rights

Cyprus Must Stop its Chain-refoulement to Syria 

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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...
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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...
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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...
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07 07 2023
Human Rights

Statement from the Families of the Missing Boat Victims and the “Justice for the Boat Victims” Campaign 

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06 07 2023
Freedom of expression

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights condemns the online intimidation campaign and threats against journalist Walid Hussein

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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 

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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25 04 2023
Human Rights

Global Legal and Rule of Law Community Stands in Solidarity with Lebanese Lawyer Nizar Saghieh 

Global Legal and Rule of Law Community Stands in Solidarity with Lebanese Lawyer Nizar Saghieh ...
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25 04 2023
Human Rights

CLDH launches a new project funded by The United Nations Democracy Fund: “Safeguarding Human Rights Amid Crisis in Lebanon"

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06 04 2023
Freedom of expression

Global Coalition of Civil Society and Media Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Independent Media Outlets in Lebanon Amid Targeting

Global Coalition of Civil Society and Media Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Independent Media...
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05 04 2023
Freedom of expression

Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression: Authorities must respect freedoms of the press and legal profession and fundamentally amend defamation laws

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31 03 2023
Freedom of expression

Statement on the summoning of Press Institutions: The Public Source and Megaphone

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights denounces the summoning of journalists Lara Bitar from The Publ...
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21 03 2023
Refugees' rights

Statement on the racist rhetoric adopted by the Baalbek-Hermel governor

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) denounces the racist rhetoric in which Baalbek-Hermel Go...
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24 02 2023
Human Rights

Ukraine: Justice for the most serious crimes will promote international peace and security 

Ukraine: Justice for the most serious crimes will promote international peace and security  ...
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24 02 2023
Judiciary

Statement on the letter sent by the Prime Minister to the Minister of Interior

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) condemns the letter sent by the Prime Minister to the Mi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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  ...
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19 01 2023
Refugees' rights

Statement in response to the suspension of the afternoon teaching shift for Syrian refugee students

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30 11 2022
Torture

Press Release: The Scars You Cannot See: Torture and its Impact on Mental Health Event

THE LEBANESE CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & FLPS HOLD EVENT ON PRISON LIFE, TORTURE & TRAUMA &...
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15 11 2022
Judiciary

The Core Group for Judicial Independence launches the Draft National Action Plan for the Independence of the Judiciary

  Press Release: The Core Group for Judicial Independence launches the Draft National Action...
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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

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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...
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01 08 2022
LGBTQ+ Rights

CLDH and EuroMed Rights

CLDH and EuroMed Rights to the European Parliament Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countri...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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28 05 2021
Human Rights

CLDH Reports on Lebanese Forces and Syrian National Social Parties

Beirut, Lebanon              &...
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20 05 2021
Refugees' rights

CLDH Reports on the Head of Municipality of Ferzol

Beirut, Lebanon              &...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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26 11 2020
Human Rights

Press Release - CLDH Launching “Lebanon’s Uprising” Report

Lebanon                &n...
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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 ...
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13 07 2020
Freedom of expression

Lebanon: New Coalition to Defend Free Speech

(Beirut, June 7, 2020) –   14 Lebanese and international organizations announced on ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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09 10 2019
Refugees' rights

“Refugees Rights Defenders Initiative” - Post governmental and diplomatic visits

Beirut – 08/10/2019    “Refugees Rights Defenders Initiative” was ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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30 09 2017
Judiciary

Investigation biased: STL defense counsel

Defense Counsel David Young concluded his nine-day cross-examination of prosecution analyst Andrew D...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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04 07 2017
Judiciary

STL expert: Furniture delivery links phone to Merhi

Prosecution analyst Andrew Donaldson concluded his testimony on the “Purple 231” cellpho...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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10 05 2017
Refugees' rights

Iraqi refugee extradition ‘violates’ UNCAT

Iraqi refugee Zeyad al-Dolaee, charged by Iraqi authorities with terrorist activity, was extradited ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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08 03 2017
Human Rights

« On m’appelle Madame Quota »

Femme non conventionnelle et persévérante. C'est ainsi que se présente &agr...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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25 02 2017
Judiciary

STL Hariri was watched from nearby

Covert cellular phone networks investigator Gary Platt returned to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ...
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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...
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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...
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23 02 2017
Human Rights

Child Rights Toolkit out in Lebanon

“Everywhere around us, everyday Children are denied their rights,” Tanya Chapuisat, UNIC...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 &...
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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...
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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. ...
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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 "...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 &...
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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 ...
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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...
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06 04 2016
Judiciary

STL prosecution ‘expert’ defends credentials

A former investigator with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecution testified to his exp...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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22 02 2016
Human Rights

Bangladeshis celebrate their mother tongue

Scores of Bangladeshis gathered at their embassy in Beirut Sunday to celebrate International Mother ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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&#...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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23 01 2016
Refugees' rights

Syrian refugee situation deteriorating: UNHCR chief

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi highlighted the deteriorating situation...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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13 01 2016
Judiciary

STL opens 2016 with evidence from investigator

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon opened 2016 with evidence from prosecutorial investigator Alasdair ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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18 12 2015
Human Rights

À quand une réelle inclusion des handicapés ?

Un projet sur l'inclusion des handicapés dans la société a été...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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09 12 2015
Refugees' rights

Syrian children are facing psychological damage

A generation of Syrian children are facing “catastrophic” psychological damage with one ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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'...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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18 11 2015
Judiciary

STL cross-examines prosecutorial analyst

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed Tuesday with the acrimonious cross-examination of prosecuto...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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04 11 2015
Refugees' rights

Human trafficking ring arrested

South Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Rahif Ramadan Tuesday ordered the arrest of a human traffickin...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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29 10 2015
Human Rights

Child abuse and human rights violation

In his book entitled “A Child Called “It””, Dave Pelzer wrote “Childho...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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09 10 2015
Human Rights

Place des Martyrs, des émeutes encore et toujours...

La manifestation « pacifique » des organisations du mouvement civil protestata...
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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...
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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...
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06 10 2015
Human Rights

Grave pollution pétrolière à Jiyeh

Un spectacle désolant vient s'ajouter aux monticules de déchets dans les rues depu...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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28 09 2015
Human Rights

Lebanon garbage showdown looms

Lebanese civil society activists have introduced a plan for resolving the country’s worsening ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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26 09 2015
Human Rights

Environmentalists to announce waste plan

A coalition of environmentalists is expected to announce Monday an alternative to Agriculture Minist...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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31 07 2015
Human Rights

Lebanon to combat human trafficking

New initiatives will be implemented to combat human trafficking in Lebanon in response to ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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) ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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27 06 2015
Refugees' rights

Palestinian Syrians face frustrating bureaucracy

Facing inconsistent governmental policies and confusing bureaucracy, Palestinian Syrians in Lebanon ...
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27 06 2015
Torture

Torture, bonjour l’hypocrisie !

Bienvenue au Liban, pays où l'on torture depuis des décennies. Belle image que do...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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05 06 2015
Abolishing Slavery

Where Love is Illegal

Robin Hammond, born 1975, is an internationally renowned photographer from New Zealand who has dedic...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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04 05 2015
Human Rights

Les employées de maison étrangères unies face aux abus

Toutes les communautés sont représentées et crient en chœur : «...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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28 04 2015
Human Rights

Une employée de maison égorgée à Tripoli

Le feuilleton des employées de maison qui décèdent dans des circonstances myst&...
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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&#...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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’...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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13 02 2015
Judiciary

Shamaa grilled by STL defense

Defense counsel representing five Hezbollah members accused of killing Rafik Hariri sought to poke h...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&#...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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"...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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02 01 2015
Judiciary

Lebanon announces unprecedented entry restrictions for Syrians

Lebanon’s General Security approved unprecedented entry restrictions for Syrian nationals who ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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18 12 2014
Torture

France 'psychologically torturing' Lebanese prisoner: activists

Activists lobbying for the release of jailed Lebanese leftist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah accused Franc...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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'...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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’...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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’...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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15 09 2014
Refugees' rights

Migrant children expelled from Lebanon

Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch reported a “recent decision by General Securi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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23 08 2014
Judiciary

Military Court postpones Abra suspects’ trial

Lebanon’s Military Court Tuesday postponed the prosecution of suspects detained for last year&...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. » « ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, $...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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20 05 2014
Human Rights

KAFA launches ‘disturbing ride’ campaign

Women's rights organization KAFA (Enough Violence and Exploitation) launched an unusual campaign...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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05 05 2014
Refugees' rights

Arrestation de 49 Syriens et Palestiniens détenteurs de faux visas

La Sûreté générale a arrêté à l'aéroport R...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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30 04 2014
Detention & prison system

Minimutinerie à Roumieh

Une minimutinerie s'est déroulée hier à la prison de Roumieh, dans le b&aci...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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01 03 2014
Accountability

Environment minister: Naameh landfill will be closed

BEIRUT – Environment Minister Mohammad al-Mashnuq vowed the closure of the controversial Naa...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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27 02 2014
Refugees' rights

Solidarité Swiss offers aid to Syrian refugees in Iqlim Tuffah

Mon 24 Feb 2014 at 09:50 Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharin...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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11 02 2014
Human Rights

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11 02 2014
Human Rights

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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...
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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...
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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...
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05 02 2014
Judiciary

STL questions ISF criminal division head

BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon resumed witness testimonies Tuesday, questioning Brig. Gen....
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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30 01 2014
Judiciary

Suleiman voices support for STL

BEIRUT - President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday reiterated Lebanon’s support for the Special T...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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18 01 2014
Accountability

STL outlines role of ‘ghost’

By Kareem Shaheen THE HAGUE: Mustafa Badreddine, the alleged “apex” of the team accused...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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16 01 2014
Judiciary

Live Coverage: STL begins trial

BEIRUT – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Thursday morning began its in-absentia trial of...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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15 01 2014
Accountability

Britain reiterates support for STL

BEIRUT – Britain’s ambassador to Lebanon on Sunday met with Future Movement leader MP Sa...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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08 01 2014
Detention & prison system

Gendarmerie Commander: Inside prison threats a play by all means

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08 01 2014
Detention & prison system

News about muting in Zahle jail groundless

Tue 07 Jan 2014 at 21:27 Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharin...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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24 12 2013
Human Rights

Roumieh staff interrogated over violations

BEIRUT: Investigative Military Judge Fadi Sawwan interrogated 12 military personnel Monday over drug...
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24 12 2013
Judiciary

Judge approves STL funding decree

By Kareem Shaheen BEIRUT: The government’s financial watchdog has approved a decree that will...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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19 12 2013
Accountability

Investigations into Roumieh finalized: Qortbawi

By Ilija Trojanovic ROUMIEH, Lebanon: Caretaker Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi said Wednesday tha...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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14 12 2013
Refugees' rights

Refugees battling fatal snow storm

“Alexa,” which has already claimed two lives, intensified Friday, adding to the hardship...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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11 12 2013
Judiciary

Hezbollah MP: Financing STL ‘utterly unacceptable’

BEIRUT – Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Kamel Rifai expressed Tuesday his complete rejectio...
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10 12 2013
Refugees' rights

Taking concrete steps to protect migrant workers

By Brooke Anderson HAZMIEH, Lebanon: Government officials, diplomats and rights advocates gathered ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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03 12 2013
Torture

Civil associations call upon Lebanon to criminalize torture

Mon 02 Dec 2013 at 16:13 Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharin...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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19 10 2013
Human Rights

Daouk denounces abduction of cameraman, reporter

BEIRUT: Caretaker Information Minister Walid Daouk denounced Friday the kidnapping of Lebanese camer...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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10 10 2013
Judiciary

Mikati assigns Roumieh probe to judicial authorities

BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati tasked judicial authorities Wednesday with probing the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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09 10 2013
Judiciary

Qortbawi to pursue Roumieh corruption case

BEIRUT: Caretaker Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi announced Tuesday his intention to bring about ju...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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07 10 2013
Judiciary

Safadi asks for STL payment approval

BEIRUT: Caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi asked caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to ap...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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11 09 2013
Judiciary

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LIBAN TSL : démission du président de la Chambre de première instance me...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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04 09 2013
Judiciary

Military court delays decision on Minqara

By Youssef Diab BEIRUT: The Military Court of Cassation rescheduled Tuesday its deliberations over ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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03 08 2013
Human Rights

Businessman kidnapped in east Lebanon

BEIRUT: A Lebanese businessman with suspected links to drugs trafficking was kidnapped Friday night ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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24 07 2013
Human Rights

Environment Ministry launches green manual

BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the environmental ignorance found in many Le...
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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...
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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

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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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17 07 2013
Human Rights

Ibrahim reports progress on kidnapped pilgrims

BEIRUT: General Security reported Tuesday that negotiations were accelerating with relevant parties ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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09 07 2013
Judiciary

Judge investigates army personnel for misconduct

Military Investigation Judge Fadi Sawan on Monday investigated five Lebanese army personnel accused ...
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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...
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05 07 2013
Women’s rights

Women launch campaign against domestic violence

BEIRUT: National organizations called Thursday for laws safeguarding women against domestic violence...
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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...
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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...
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04 07 2013
Human Rights

Israel hands over kidnapped shepherds

BEIRUT: Israel turned over Wednesday afternoon two kidnapped shepherds from the Lebanese border town...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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31 05 2013
Refugees' rights

Palestinian refugees burn Hezbollah aid

By Mohammed Zaatari SIDON, Lebanon: Angry Palestinians set fire Thursday to humanitarian aid donate...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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13 05 2013
Judiciary

STL list leaked, stolen or fabricated?

By Niamh Fleming-Farrell BEIRUT: Outrage, condemnation and the initiation of contempt proceedings h...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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08 05 2013
Refugees' rights

Suleiman wants help for refugee crisis

  Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman called for an international conference to conven...
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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 ...
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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...
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07 05 2013
Human Rights

Lebanese nationals abducted in Nigeria

  Three Lebanese nationals were abducted in Nigeria, the National News Agency reported. I...
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07 05 2013
Human Rights

Kidnapping saga continues in Arsal

  Tensions continued to run high in the northern Bekaa Valley Thursday despite several promi...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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06 05 2013
Refugees' rights

British PM’s wife visits Syrian refugees

  Young Syrians are having their childhoods “smashed to pieces” by the conflict,...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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02 05 2013
Human Rights

Ministry launches three environmental projects

  The Environment Ministry launched three climate change initiatives Monday with the United ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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02 05 2013
Human Rights

Timeline of March 14 trials and tribulations

  Once an emerging movement composed of major political parties demonstrating against Syria&...
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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...
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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...
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02 05 2013
Human Rights

Agricultural figure escapes kidnapping in e. Lebanon

  Head of Lebanon’s Agricultural Research Institute Michel Afram escaped unharmed from...
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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...
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02 05 2013
Human Rights

Former lawmakers call for elections on time

  Former members of Parliament Wednesday called for holding the upcoming parliamentary elect...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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02 05 2013
Human Rights

Druze sheikh comes out against civil marriage

  Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Naim Hasan announced Wednesday his rejection of establishing...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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02 05 2013
Refugees' rights

‘One million Syrians’ claim jolts Lebanon

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman reiterated his calls for international assistance in dealing with...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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02 05 2013
Human Rights

Protesters demand Lebanon prioritize wage hike

  Protesters in Beirut demanded Saturday that the government devote exclusive attention to s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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02 05 2013
Judiciary

Tripoli Islamist faces terror charges

  Lebanon’s judiciary charged a controversial Tripoli Islamist—whose 2012 arrest...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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02 05 2013
Judiciary

Publisher fined LL28 mln, charged with defamation

  The Publications Court found Ad-Diyar publisher Charles Ayoub guilty Wednesday of defamati...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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30 04 2013
Human Rights

Groups push for organ donation reform

  Lebanese health professionals announced a series of recommendations for medical transplant...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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30 04 2013
Judiciary

Five Lebanese charged for collaborating with Israel

  Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr charged Wednesday five Lebanese people who are current...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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30 04 2013
Judiciary

Court approves Samaha case indictments

  The Court of Cassation approved Thursday an indictment which calls for the death penalty a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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30 04 2013
Judiciary

STL calls for innovation in quest for accused

  The Special Tribunal for Lebanon hopes to see “novel and intensified efforts” ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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29 04 2013
Judiciary

More arrest warrants issued over Arsal incident

  Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan issued four arrest warrants in absentia Monday fo...
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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...
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29 04 2013
Judiciary

STL amendments to speed up proceedings

  Just days after the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s provisional trial start date was ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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22 04 2013
Refugees' rights

Hamas: Palestinian factions disrupting camps’ stability

  Hamas representative in Lebanon Ali Barakeh accused certain Palestinian factions of disrup...
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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...
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22 04 2013
Judiciary

Military judge to issue Samaha indictment

  Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda will issue a final indictment against former ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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20 04 2013
Judiciary

Jumblatt urges suspects to appear before STL

  Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt called Monday on the four Hezbollah memb...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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19 04 2013
Human Rights

Two Lebanese men kidnapped in Nigeria

  Unknown assailants kidnapped six foreign workers in North Nigeria’s Gamo on Sunday, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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16 04 2013
Refugees' rights

Tensions between host communities, refugees

  Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour warned Thursday against the growing tensions betwee...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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12 04 2013
Refugees' rights

Palestinian refugees’ hardships intensify

  The war in Syria has compounded what was already an emergency situation for Palestinian re...
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12 04 2013
Judiciary

Saqr seeks to indict Samaha on terrorism charges

  Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr requested Tuesday that former Lebanese Information Minister ...
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12 04 2013
Judiciary

STL reinterviewing witnesses in Hariri case

  The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s investigative team is reinterviewing several Leba...
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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...
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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 ...
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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11 04 2013
Human Rights

Lebanon president commends registration of civil marriage

  Lebanon President Michel Suleiman Tuesday lauded the judicial council’s approval to ...
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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 ...
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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...
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10 04 2013
Refugees' rights

Plumbly, Mikati discuss refugees, elections

  U.N. official Derek Plumbly discussed with Prime Minister Najib Mikati Tuesday the latest ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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09 04 2013
Judiciary

Indictment requested in Samaha case

  Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr requested Tuesday that former Lebanese Information Minister ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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05 04 2013
Judiciary

STL prosecution seeks amendments to indictment

  The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecutor has filed a confidential motion seekin...
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05 04 2013
Judiciary

STL prosecution seeks to amend indictment

  The Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s prosecutor has filed a confidential motion to ame...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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05 04 2013
Judiciary

STL Prosecutor Files Request to Amend Hariri Indictment

  Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Norman Farrell filed on Wednesday a “confide...
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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...
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05 04 2013
Judiciary

STL Prosecutor files indictment amendment

  STL Prosecutor Norman Farrell confidentially filed a motion to make amendments to the indi...
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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 ...
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04 04 2013
Refugees' rights

Activist video targets anti-refugee sentiment

  Frustrated with friends, neighbors and politicians blaming the country’s problems on...
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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...
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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...
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04 04 2013
Human Rights

Tyre businessman kidnapped, ransom demanded

  A businessman was snatched in south Lebanon overnight and held for ransom, security source...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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26 03 2013
Refugees' rights

Plumbly, Abadi discuss Syrian refugees issue

  United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly met with Iranian Ambassador t...
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26 03 2013
Refugees' rights

UNHCR official: Commissioner discourages Syrian camps in Lebanon

  Lebanon’s United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representative Ninette Kelle...
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25 03 2013
Judiciary

Six Lebanese indicted for obtaining Israeli passports

  Investigative military Judge Imad al-Zein issued indictments against six Lebanese in absen...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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23 03 2013
Torture

HRW stresses rights gap, torture in Lebanon

  Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners, poor living conditions for refugees, and insuffici...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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18 03 2013
Human Rights

Nationality campaigners target ministers

Activists slammed a leaked ministerial report advising against equal citizenship rights for women in...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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14 03 2013
Human Rights

Ministry launches new health care initiative

  Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil expressed his commitment Friday to achieve a comprehensiv...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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13 03 2013
Human Rights

Charbel: Qatar meetings on Lebanon abductees “productive”

  Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel described his meetings with Qatari officials dur...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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08 03 2013
Human Rights

Electoral subcommittee faces crucial week: Berri

Electoral subcommittee faces crucial week: Berri BEIRUT Rival lawmakers launched Monday discussions...
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08 03 2013
Human Rights

Campaigners criticize electoral law debate

Campaigners criticize electoral law debate BEIRUT: The Civil Campaign for Electoral Reform proteste...
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08 03 2013
Detention & prison system

Charbel requests talks with protesters

Charbel requests talks with protesters BEIRUT: Supporters of Lebanese prisoner George Abdallah will...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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08 03 2013
Human Rights

Khoury doubtful about environmental changes

  Environment Minister Nazim Khoury said Tuesday he was not hopeful that his department woul...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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07 03 2013
Judiciary

Special Tribunal for Lebanon appoints new deputy registrar

  The international court probing the assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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07 03 2013
Judiciary

STL appoints new deputy registrar

  The Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafiq Ha...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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20 02 2013
Judiciary

STL defense rebukes prosecution in pretrial brief

  Willow Osgood Defense attorneys at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon are lambasting the ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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15 02 2013
Judiciary

Lebanon makes resolution not to quit smoking

  Lysandra Ohrstrom Though countless bars and restaurants in Lebanon relaxed the four-mon...
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15 02 2013
Judiciary

Madi working to improve cooperation with media

  Public Prosecutor Hatem Madi discussed with heads of various newspapers, news agencies and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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05 02 2013
Refugees' rights

Lebanese Mufti against expelling refugees

  Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani voiced his opposition ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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31 01 2013
Judiciary

Affaire Samaha : silence assourdissant de Mamelouk

  Impliqué dans l’affaire de l’introduction d’explosifs au Liban pa...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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28 01 2013
Detention & prison system

Committee head: Prison buildings need overhaul

  The chairman of Parliament’s Human Rights Committee said Thursday the country’...
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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 ...
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28 01 2013
Human Rights

Nasrallah warns against partition in Syria, region

  Dana Khraiche Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah warned Thursday that Syri...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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25 01 2013
Refugees' rights

Cabinet green-lights refugee plan

  By Nafez Kawas, Hussein Dakroub The Cabinet voted Thursday to approve a comprehensive p...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Freedom of expression

Lebanon: Comedian Arrested for Critical Jokes

Lebanon: Comedian Arrested for Critical Jokes Escalating Attacks on Free Expression (Beirut, A...
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