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Lebanon

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The state of human rights in Lebanon

Human rights defenders have been prosecuted, summoned, and threatened; protesters are arbitrarily detained, arrested, and even subject to torture and ill-treatment in detention, without due process. Meanwhile, the government failed to solve the ongoing economic and political crises, nor have those responsible for the Beirut Port blast been held accountable.

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Latest News & Publications from Lebanon

Lebanon Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, 51st Session
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  • Lebanon
  • 24/07/2025

Introduction In this submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Maharat Foundation, IFEX and OMCT

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Denouncing the ban on human rights defender Nabhan Al-Hanshi from entering Lebanon
  • News
  • LebanonOman
  • 13/05/2025

The Omani Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (OCHRD), the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), and ALQST for Human Rights strongly condemn the Lebanese authorities'

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