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Jan
2013

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Kidnappings

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Charbel urges Turkey to help free Lebanese hostages

  Interior Minister Marwan Charbel reiterated Thursday his request for Turkey to help in the release of the remaining nine Lebanese hostages being held in Syria. “We hope the Turks will help Lebanon [free the hostages] just as Lebanon helped it [Ankara] secure the release of the kidnapped” Turkish citizens on Lebanese soil, Charbel said in remarks to a local radio station. Charbel renewed his hopes that the men would be released despite difficulties. “There are opportunities that can be expanded to win their freedom,” he said. Charbel did not elaborate. The nine remaining Lebanese hostages were among 11 men…

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Jan
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Death Penalty

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Palestinians displaced from Syria protest outside UNRWA

  Palestinian refugees displaced from Syria carried out protests outside the offices of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in both Beirut and south Lebanon. Around 50 protesters gathered outside the U.N. agency in the Cite Sportive, Beirut, and urged UNRWA to provide shelter for them and secure their necessities for everyday living. They held banners that read "We need money, medication, food and housing to shelter Palestinian refugees coming from Syria." The banners were signed by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas. Meanwhile dozens of Palestinians protested outside the UNRWA headquarters in the southern city…

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Jan
2013

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Displaced

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Relatives of hostages seal shut Turkish Airlines office

  The relatives of nine Lebanese hostages being held in Syria by rebels protested Wednesday outside the Turkish Airlines office in Downtown Beirut and placed a wax seal on the company’s door to prevent employees from reaching their offices. “The families aim to disrupt the work of the airlines for the day and convey a message to the Turkish state that it should help resolve their case,” Sheikh Abbas Zogheib, delegated by the Higher Shiite Council to follow up on the case of the Lebanese hostages, told The Daily Star. The relatives sealed the main door of the airline’s office…

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Jan
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Kidnappings

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Relatives of hostages suspend escalation after protest

  By Meris Lutz The families of nine Lebanese kidnapped by Syrian rebels blocked the doors to the Turkish Airlines office in Downtown Beirut Wednesday but agreed to postpone escalating their protest movement at the behest of Interior Minister Marwan Charbel. Angry relatives sealed the airline’s office door with red wax to protest what they described as Turkey’s failure to exert its influence to secure the men’s release. Turkey enjoys close relations with Syria’s armed opposition. Charbel expressed sympathy for the families, telling the Voice of Lebanon radio station, “I don’t blame them [for protesting], but only on condition that…

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Jan
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Kidnappings

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Syria files second complaint against Lebanon aid to refugees

  Syria’s envoy to Lebanon has sent another letter of complaint accusing the Social Affairs Ministry of aiding refugees based on their political affiliation, the minister said Tuesday. “The Syrian ambassador sent a new letter with accusations against the Social Affairs Ministry and I repeatedly said that after the holidays, I will respond to such allegations,” Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour told reporters. His remarks came after meeting with Future Movement and Sidon MP Bahia Hariri to discuss the situation of Syrian and Palestinian refugees who are fleeing violence in the neighboring country. “It is now required of me…

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Jan
2013

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Judiciary and Prison System

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Tripoli families protest over detained, killed Salafists

  Relatives of Salafist fighters killed in Syria last year and Islamists detained in Lebanon called on supporters to protest near the Tripoli residence of Prime Minister Najib Mikati Friday. The protest aims at pressuring Mikati to work on releasing Hassan Srour and Mohammad Rifai. Their families claim the two survived an ambush set by the Syrian army last year for a group of Salafist fighters near the Syrian town of Tal Kalakh. General Security has said that Srour was detained by the Syrian regime but that it has received no information about Rifai. The demonstrators also will push for…

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Jan
2013

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Displaced

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مشكلة النازحين السوريين امام مجلس الوزراء وتركيز على تأمين احتياجاتهم بعدما تجاوزوا 200 الف

  يخصص مجلس الوزراء اليوم اولى جلساته في العام الجديد للنازحين السوريين  وهو البند «الوحيد والاهم في هذه المرحلة» حسب مصدر وزاري مطلع. ولفت المصدر «الشرق» الى ان عدد النازحين الى لبنان قد يتجاوز الـ 200 الف مع استمرار تدفقهم عبر الحدود اللبنانية - السورية وعدم ضبطها ما قد يزيد من تفاقم الازمة وتراكم المشاكل التي يصعب حلها من قبل السلطات اللبنانية. وقال ان «مجلس الوزراء سيعرض اليوم الموافقة على خطة وضعت لهؤلاء والتي قد تترك انعكاسات كبيرة وثقيلة اجتماعيا واقتصاديا لاسيما ان الاوضاع المأسوية التي يعيشها النازحون لا يمكن حلها بقررات موقتة لاسيما ان الازمة السورية لا تبدو قريبة …

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Jan
2013

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Displaced

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نازحو اليرموك في البقاع اعتصموا أمام مركز الأونروا في تعلبايا

  تجمع عدد من اللاجئين الفلسطينيين الى لبنان اثر الاحداث الاخيرة في مخيم اليرموك في سوريا امام مركز الاونروا في تعلبايا بالبقاع حاملين لافتات تطالب باعانتهم في معيشتهم الى حين عودتهم الى المخيم، وسلموا مذكرة الى ممثل الاونروا احمد موح ليرفعها الى مدير عام المنظمة في لبنان تشير الى  تقصيرها والمجتمعات الدولية  في احتواء مشكلة اللاجئين، والذين ذكر ان عددهم بلغ حتى تاريخ 25 كانون الاول الماضي 14 الف و127 نازحا بحسب بيانات الامن العام اللبناني، و»قد توزع هؤلاء على المخيمات والتجمعات الفلسطينية والمدن والقرى اللبنانية في ظروف بائسة جدا» كما اشار بسام خلف في المذكرة التي تلاها باسم فصائل…

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Jan
2013

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Lebanese detained in Syria

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لوزيرة الصلح تفقدت الاحداث في سجن رومية

  قامت نائب رئيس مؤسسة الوليد بن طلال الانسانية الوزيرة ليلى الصلح حماده ترافقها الوزيرة السابقة منى عفيش بزيارة تفقدية الى سجن الاحداث في رومية حيث لبت بعض احتياجات الاولاد بمناسبة الاعياد. وقد استقبل الوزيرة الصلح آمر السجن العقيد عامر زيلع وقد رافق الوزيرتين في الجولة المقدم الدكتور انطوان عون وعدد من الضباط ومسؤولي الجمعيات الاهلية حيث تم اطلاعهما على اعمال الورش الخاصة.   وبالمناسبة كانت كلمة للوزيرة منى عفيش قالت فيها: «الحقيقة ان معالي الوزيرة السيدة ليلى الصلح حماده لها اليد الفضلى لانها هي التي أهلت هذا السجن وهم حافظوا على هذا المركز عندما صارت هذه الانتفاضة وهم الذين…

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