Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -An alliance of Filipino migrant rights group in the Middle East that directly provided assistance to OFW “Clarissa” who has been raped and was jailed due to ‘adultery’ case, today said she was convicted of ‘adultery’ charged against her because there is no legal ass…
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No legal assistance provided to jailed Filipina worker ‘Clarissa’
December 12th, 2010
Lebanese Center for Human Rights appeals for the release of Young Indian at Risk of Death
July 15th, 2010
Today, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (LCHR) issued an urgent appeal calling for the release of Sany Kumar, a young Indian held in Roumieh for illegal entry in Lebanon. Sany is in danger of death. According to the LCHR, “having had a scooter accident, he was hospitalized two months ago,...
OFW Severely Beaten on Death Row in Saudi Arabia
May 23rd, 2010
Migrante-Middle East, a rights group representing Overseas Filippino Workers (OFWs) has called for an investigation following reports that a Philippine national was severely beaten on death row in a jail in Riyadh. According to this article in The Enquirer: Migrante-Middle East (ME) said the famil...
Lebanon: Sit-In in Solidarity with Refugees Detained Arbitrarily
March 27th, 2010
CLDH (Lebanese Center for Human Rights) held last Thursday a sit-in in solidarity with arbitrarily detained refugees in front of the underground retention center of the General Security in Adlieh (Beirut). This sit-in, which CLDH urgently called for given the very serious deterioration of the situat...
Lebanon: Call for a Solidarity Sit-In with the Refugees who are Arbitrarily Detained
March 24th, 2010
The Lebanese Center for Human Rights has called for a solidarity sit-in with refugees arbitrarily detained by the Lebanese General Security, this Thursday March 25th at 12:00 p.m. at the Adlieh roundabout, in front of the General Security retention center (under Elias Hraoui bridge). The call comes ...
Lebanese rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center
March 1st, 2010
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Protesters rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center / The Daily Star Lebanon must immediately close a “disgraceful” retention center where refugees and migrants are held arbitrarily in appalling conditions, activists demanded Sunday. Braving heavy rain, around 60 people demonstr...
Over 230 Foreigners Languish in Lebanese Prisons after Completing their Terms
February 27th, 2010
Yesterday, 14 Lebanese and international human rights organizations voiced their opposition to the continued detention of migrants and refugees in a letter to Lebanese Prime Minister, President and Ministers of Interior and Justice. Currently, over 230 foreigners including 13 refugees who have compl...
Come Protest the Illegal Detention of Migrants and Refugees in Beirut
February 25th, 2010
Next Sunday (February 28th), a protest will be held in front of the General Security Retention Center in Adlieh, Beirut to demand the closing down of the center. Among others, the retention center holds refugees and migrant workers in an illegal manner in inhumane conditions. Below is the press rele...
Lebanese General Security maintains arbitrary detention of Iraqi refugee against judge decision and MoI orders
January 18th, 2010
UPDATE: UNHCR has accepted to take Yousra to her own shelters after she refused, according to her lawyer, to go back to Caritas shelters, pending a permanent solution. Caritas is held a conference on Tuesday and issued a press release to voice its view point. The main question on the ‘legal st...
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