Lebanon: Syrian refugees subjected to same shocking torture techniques used in Assad's jails
Lebanon: Syrian refugees subjected to same shocking torture techniques used in Assad's jails Interrogators using ‘same horrors employed in Syrian prisons’ against refugees expressing political opposition to Syrian government In some cases trials of those detained delayed for up to two years ‘This report offers a snapshot of the Lebanese authorities’ cruel, abusive and discriminatory treatment of Syrian refugees’ - Marie Forestier The Lebanese security forces have committed shocking human rights violations against Syrian refugees arrested - often arbitrarily - on terrorism-related charges, said Amnesty International in a damning new report today. Amnesty’s 52-page report - ‘I wish I would die’: Syrian refugees detained on terrorism-related charges and tortured in Lebanon - shows how Lebanese interrogators have employed some of the same torture techniques routinely used in Syria’s most notorious jails. The torture - primarily carried out by members of Lebane