Enforced Disappearances in Lebanon
An unknown number of Lebanese citizens and stateless Palestinians are imprisoned in Syria: some of them “disappeared” in Lebanon as long ago as the 1980s. In two cases we documented, Palestinian families learned only recently through information brought to them by released prisoners, that their loved ones may still be alive and in Syrian custody. The problem, unfortunately, not only involves past abuses but also extends to current practice. Lebanese citizens and stateless Palestinians continue to disappear in Lebanon, taken into custody there by Syrian security forces and then transferred to and detained in Syria, perpetuating a climate of fear.
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ISBN: E903
ISBN: E903
Table of Contents
- Syria/Lebanon: An Alliance Beyond the Law
- Summary
- Introduction
- The Methodology of Enforced Disappearances in Lebanon
- The Failure of the Lebanese Government to Act
- International Human Rights Standards
- For Families and Friends of the "Disappeared": What you can do
- Appendix A: Excerpt of Human Rights Watch Statement to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights
- Appendix B: Legal Complaint about the Abduction and Unlawful Detention of Gabi 'Aql Karam
- Appendix C: Legal Complaint about the Unlawful Detention of Magi 'Aql Karam
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