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Torture Case; Imad Atwi
Report on Torture Case / Imad Atwi 8 July, 2010 Lebanon: Investigate Seizure of Human Rights Lawyer’s Passport
General Security Held Nizar Saghieh’s British Passport Until Minister Intervened (Beirut, March 8, 2010) – The Lebanese government should investigate the seizure of a human rights lawyer’s passport by General Security, a group of 16 Lebanese and international human rights organizations said today. General Security withheld the British passport for the lawyer, Nizar Saghieh, a dual British and Lebanese citizen, on March 2, 2010, without providing any justification. The ... ... ... Free Foreign Prisoners When Sentences End Lebanon: Free Foreign Prisoners When Sentences End
Continued Detention Not Based on Judicial or Administrative Orders (Beirut, February 25, 2010) – Lebanon should release migrants and refugees who remain in detention despite having finished their sentences, a group of 14 Lebanese and international human rights organizations said yesterday in a letter to top officials. The letter [INSERT HYPERLINK] to the president, prime minister and justice and interior ministers says there is no legal basis for continuing to detain most of these prisoners. An August 2009 report by Lebanon’s own Internal Security Forces says that ... ... Support Hana Shalbi HANA YAHYA SHALABI Date of birth: 2 July 1982 Place of detention: Hasharon prison Date of arrest: 14 September 2009 Place of residence: Burqin, Jenin Postal address: Hasharon Prison Even Yehuda P.O. Box 7 40330 Israel Expected end of administrative detention order: 13 March 2010 ARREST AND INTERROGATION Hana Yahya Shalabi was arrested from her family home on 14 September 2009. At approximately 1:30 a.m. that morning, Israeli soldiers in 12 military jeeps surrounded her house in Burqin village, near the West Bank town of Jenin. The soldiers ordered Hana’s entire family outside of the house and demande... ... |