Articles for Lebanon

Lebanon: Secret detention of Syrian refugee Akram al-Zein

Lebanon: Secret detention of Syrian refugee Akram al-Zein

Name(s):
Status:
Year of birth:
Profession:
Nationality:
Date of arrest:

Akram al-Zein is a Syrian refugee who lives in Aarsal after fleeing his country of origin. On October 28, 2022, two members of the Information Service of the General Security came to his house and asked about him. They asked him to accompany them to the General Security’s headquarters in Beirut. They claimed that, since his release in 2019, he failed to renew his residency documents. Al-Zein was previously arrested and sentenced on terrorism-related charges before being released on April 12, 2019.

Timeline

Syrian refugee Bashar Abed Al Saoud dies under the custody of the Lebanese State Security

Syrian refugee Bashar Abed Al Saoud dies under the custody of the Lebanese State Security

Name(s):
Status:
Year of birth:
Profession:
Nationality:
Date of arrest:

Bashar Abed Al Saoud is a Syrian refugee normally residing in Sabra and Chatila refugee camp where he used to work in a mini market.

Timeline

Disappearance of Lebanese national after the April 23 shipwreck off the coast of Tripoli

Disappearance of Lebanese national after the April 23 shipwreck off the coast of Tripoli

Name(s):
Status:
Year of birth:
Profession:
Nationality:
Date of arrest:

On April 23, 2022, a boat transporting around 80 persons sunk off the coast of Tripoli, Lebanon. It was described as the greatest migrant tragedy for Lebanon in recent years at a time when the country experiencing a severe economic meltdown. While most passengers were Lebanese, some were Palestinian and Syrian.

Timeline

Kenyan domestic worker and asylum seeker at risk of deportation from Lebanon released

Kenyan domestic worker and asylum seeker at risk of deportation from Lebanon released

Name(s):
Status:
Year of birth:
Profession:
Nationality:
Date of arrest:

NM is a Kenyan domestic worker and asylum seeker residing in Lebanon. On April 4, 2022, she was arrested by the General Security Office (GSO) on the grounds of her irregular status.

Timeline

Lebanese human rights lawyer Mohammad Sablouh facing increasing threats and intimidation

Lebanese human rights lawyer Mohammad Sablouh facing increasing threats and intimidation

Name(s):
Status:
Year of birth:
Profession:
Nationality:

Mohammad Sablouh is a human rights lawyer in Lebanon. He has been working on documenting cases and assisting victims of torture and arbitrary detention. Among other things, he filed several cases at the domestic level under the Anti-Torture Law No. 65. At the international level, he regularly provides international NGOs, including MENA Rights Group, with documented information, with the aim to file cases with the UN Special Procedures.

Timeline

Syrian national Messayar Al Azzawi deported from Lebanon to Syria, while his brother is released

Syrian national Messayar Al Azzawi deported from Lebanon to Syria, while his brother is released

Name(s):
Status:
Nationality:
Date of arrest:

On June 12, 2019, the Al Azzawi brothers were arrested by the Lebanese Military Intelligence Service at their home in Beirut, Lebanon. While in detention, they were subjected to severe acts of torture by military intelligence officers in order to obtain forced confessions, including that they were fighting with opposition armed groups in Syria.

Timeline

Six Syrian nationals at risk of deportation from Lebanon to Syria

Six Syrian nationals at risk of deportation from Lebanon to Syria

Name(s):
Status:
Nationality:
Date of arrest:

On August 24 and August 27, 2021, six Syrian nationals were arrested near the Syrian embassy in Baabda, where they were to be issued passports. They were first arrested by unidentified security forces who blindfolded the men, interrogated them and then handed them over to the Lebanese army.

Timeline