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"Disappearances" in Lebanon

Lebanese and Syrian Governments Urged to Act

Human Rights Watch called on the Lebanese government to commit adequate time and resources to effectively investigate the cases of an estimated 17,000 Lebanese civilians who were kidnapped or "disappeared" during the civil war of 1975-90. Lebanese…
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Syria: Account for the "Disappeared"

Lebanese Victim Returned Dead to Beirut

The body of a Lebanese citizen who "disappeared" in Lebanon in 1990 was returned to his family last month by Syrian authorities. "This case is a tragic reminder that there are scores of Lebanese and Palestinians who ‘disappeared' on Lebanese soil and…
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Letter to President Asad

In a letter to President Hafez al-Asad, Human Rights Watch demanded an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the death in custody of Adel Khalaf Ajouri, 52. This case is a dramatic and tragic reminder that there are scores of Lebanese citizens and…
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Letter to President Asad

Human Rights Watch is writing to bring to your urgent attention the extremely difficult circumstances faced by Nizar Nayouf, the thirty-seven-year-old writer and human rights activist who is serving a ten-year sentence in solitary confinement in Mezze…
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Syria: Release Imprisoned Rights Defenders

Human Rights Watch called on President Hafez al-Assad of Syria to release on humanitarian grounds a 37- year-old human rights activist serving a ten year sentence in solitary confinement in Damascus. "Nizar Nayouf's medical situation appears to be…
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Albright Urged to Intervene in Morocco and Syria Rights Cases

In a letter released today, Human Rights Watch asked Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to raise two pressing human rights cases in her upcoming meetings with the leaders of Morocco and Syria. "There are urgent humanitarian grounds for the Secretary to…
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Letter to Secretary Albright

We are writing with regard to your upcoming visit to Morocco and Syria. There is in each country an especially pressing individual case requiring urgent action on humanitarian grounds. We therefore request that you raise these two cases in your talks with…
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Syria/Lebanon--Disappearances in Lebanon by Syrian Security Forces

In An Alliance Beyond the Law: Enforced Disappearances in Lebanon, released today, Human Rights Watch calls on the Lebanese government to take firm and transparent measures to end abuses in Lebanon at the hands of Syrian security forces, and to ensure…
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Syria/Lebanon: An Alliance Beyond the Law

Syria/Lebanon: An Alliance Beyond the Law Enforced Disappearances in Lebanon Summary Recommendations To the Government of Syria To the Government of Lebanon To the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances To the…
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Syria: The Silenced Kurds

SUMMARY Kurds are the largest non-Arab ethnic minority in Syria, comprising about 8.5 to 10 percent of the population of 13.8 million. This report documents the situation of stateless Syrian-born Kurds -- 142,465 by the government's count, and well…
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Syria: The Price Of Dissent

PREFACE This report focuses on the state security court and the continuing trials of individuals accused of membership in unauthorized political groups. The report also examines the practice of torture in Syria, and the continuing pressure on…
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All Demonstrations Banned

On September 13, as Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed in Washington an interim self-rule accord for Gaza and Jericho, protestors against this agreement were killed and injured in Beirut and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.…