<\/p>\n
\nLebanon: 8 Syrians seeking refuge in Lebanon risk \n30 May 2011\n<\/p>\n \nIn recent weeks, Lebanon witnessed the arrival of Syrian \nEstimations of Friday 20 May state that some 4000 people – \nWe are informed however that those who have crossed over are \nWe are concerned with this situation, as we believe refugees \nFor example, Alkarama has informed the Un Special Rapporteur \nHere are the names of the above-mentioned detainees:\n<\/p>\n \n1. Shehade Al Youssef, \u00d4\u00e5\u00c7\u00cf\u00c9 \n2. Ahmed Al Youssef, \u00c3\u00cd\u00e3\u00cf \n3. Khaled Al Youssef, \u00ce\u00c7\u00e1\u00cf \n4. Mohamed Al Youssef, \u00e3\u00cd\u00e3\u00cf \n5. Shadi Al Ali, \u00d4\u00c7\u00cf\u00ed \u00c7\u00e1\u00da\u00e1\u00ed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, aged 20\n<\/p>\n \n6. Mohamed Al Ali, \u00e3\u00cd\u00e3\u00cf \n7. Ahmad Sulayman, \u00c3\u00cd\u00e3\u00cf \n8. Mostafa Nasser Ayash, \u00e3\u00d5\u00d8\u00dd\u00ec \n9. Alaa Hazem Al Basha , \u00da\u00e1\u00c7\u00c1 \nAlkarama is also concerned with the fate of dozens of \nAlkarama calls on the Lebanese authorities to respect their \nThe Lebanese authorities should further refrain from sending \n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nLebanon: 8 Syrians seeking refuge in Lebanon risk \nIn recent weeks, Lebanon witnessed the arrival of Syrian
\nrefoulement<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
\ncitizens escaping escalating violence in Syria. A large number of individuals
\nliving close to the Lebanese border (mainly from the Syrian city of Tal Kalakh)
\nhave fled into Lebanon, finding shelter in the country with relatives, host
\nfamilies and even in schools.\n<\/p>\n
\nincluding men, women and children – may have moved from Syria into northern
\nLebanon. Sources have informed Alkarama that more than half of the population
\nof Tal Kalakh has crossed over into Lebanon, an indication of the seriousness
\nof the situation in Syria, where the state-led repression intensifies.\n<\/p>\n
\nbeing told they should not change location, as many do not have any identity or
\ntravel documents, having fled too quickly. Some also crossed into Lebanon via
\ninformal checkpoints. There are reports that Syrian refugees have also been
\nwarned against speaking to the media or human rights organization.\n<\/p>\n
\nmay be at risk of being forced back to Syria. Lebanon is obliged to protect
\nthese individuals, as stated in art.3 of the Convention against Torture (CAT),
\nwhich Lebanon must respect: "No State Party shall expel, return
\n("refouler") or extradite a person to another State where there are
\nsubstantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected
\nto torture". We call on the Lebanese authorities to respect their
\ninternational engagements and ensure the refugees are not forced to return to
\nSyria, and ensure their rights are respected\n<\/p>\n
\non Torture that a group of seven people was arrested after they had crossed the
\nborder on 16 May 2011. They were handed over to General Security, the Lebanese
\nsecurity agency responsible for foreigners, on 18 May 2011. They have been
\ndetained at Koubba prison since 23 May, accused of entering Lebanon
\n\\’illegally\\’, and we fear they may be sent back to Syria against their will
\nwhere they are at risk of torture. We are informed that two more people were
\nwounded crossing the border from Syria and sought medical help in Lebanon on
\nThursday 19 May, at the Koubba Governmental hospital, where they were placed
\nunder the surveillance of the Lebanese General Security until they overcame
\ntheir injuries. They were then sent to Koubba prison on 30 May 2011. These
\nindividuals do not appear to have committed any recognizable crime in Syria
\nthat would justify their detention, but rather had been fleeing violence and
\npersecution in their own country. They should be immediately charged or
\nreleased.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00c7\u00e1\u00ed\u00e6\u00d3\u00dd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>,\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00c7\u00e1\u00ed\u00e6\u00d3\u00dd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, aged 20\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00c7\u00e1\u00ed\u00e6\u00d3\u00dd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, aged 45\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00c7\u00e1\u00ed\u00e6\u00d3\u00dd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>,\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00c7\u00e1\u00da\u00c7\u00e1\u00ed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, aged 19\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00d3\u00e1\u00ed\u00e3\u00c7\u00e4<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00e4\u00c7\u00d5\u00d1 \u00da\u00ed\u00c7\u00d4<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\n\u00cd\u00c7\u00d2\u00e3 \u00c7\u00e1\u00c8\u00c7\u00d4\u00c7<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
\nLebanese citizens, interrogated daily by the Lebanese intelligence services for
\nproviding support to Syrian refugees.\n<\/p>\n
\ninternational obligations and to ensure that individuals detained by them
\nshould not be exposed to ill-treatment while in detention, and that their
\nconditions of detention should be in respect of the Standards Minimum Rules for
\nthe Treatment of Prisoners.\n<\/p>\n
\nback Syrian refugees to places where they may face torture.\n<\/p>\n
\nrefoulement<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
\ncitizens escaping escalating violence in Syria. A large number of individuals
\nliving close to the Lebanese border (mainly from the Syrian city of Tal Kalakh)
\nhave fled into Lebanon, finding shelter in the country with relatives, host
\nfamilies and even in schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}