Lebanon
Publish the findings about the attack on journalists - JOINT OPEN LETTER - 29/03/2024
Amnesty International was among a number of local and international human rights organisations, civil society organisations, victims and survivors to write an open letter to the United Nations' Secretary General urging that the findings of the UNIFIL investigation into the 13 October 2023 Israeli attack on a group of jouranlists in southern Lebanon is made public. Read more.
Amnesty had earlier stated that the Israeli strikes, which killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others, were likely a direct attack on civilians that must be investigated as a war crime. Read more.
The Israeli army fired military shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, in military operations along Lebanon's southern border between 10 and 16 October 2023. One attack on the town of Dhayra on 16 October must be investigated as a war crime because it was an indicriminate attack that injured at least nine civilians and damaged civilian objects, and was therefore unlawful. Read more.
Government fails people in building at risk of collapse in Tripoli - REPORT - 20/02/2024
One year after the February 2023 earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, heavily felt in Lebanon, people in Tripoli continue to live in houses at risk of collapse, despite the state of emergency declared by the government in the aftermathof the earthquakes. People reached out to the local authorities, but they only received 'eviction notices'. Read more.
Arrest warrant suspension another travesty of justice - NEWS - 18/01/2024
Lebanon's Cessation Court has suspended the arrest warrant against former public works minister, Youssef Fenianos, who was charged in September 2021 with homicide and criminal negligence by lead investigator into the Beirut port blast, Aya Majzoub. Read more.
Amnesty International was among a number of Lebanese and international organisations, survivors and families of victims urging the permanent representative of member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to support the adoption of a resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council at the 54th regular session to establish an international, indepdent and impartial fact-finding mission into human rights violations related to the Beirut port explosion on 04 August 2020. Read more.
Proposed media law threatens freedom of expression - NEWS - 28/11/2023
The Lebanese parliament's Administration and Justice Committee is on the verge of concluding discussions behind closed doors on a new media law that, if approved by the parliament's General Assembly in its current state, would severely curtail freedom of expression in Lebanon and undermine crucial human rights safeguards. Read more.
The Lebanese authorities must urgently investigate the violent premeditated assault during a freedom march on 30 September 2023 organised by more than 24 civil society organisations to protest the recent crackdown on personal and political freedoms in Lebanon. The investigation must also include the security forces' abject failure to protect protesters from the attack. Read more.
Amnesty International was among a number of organisations to issue a statement comdeming the use of drug charges as a tactic to repress freedoms and liberties. Read more.
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