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Freedom of Expression
Civil Rights and Liberties: Lebanon’s 4th Cycle UPR
This submission is presented for consideration as part of the Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Report. It includes a summary of the human rights conditions in Lebanon along with recommendations on how the Lebanese government can improve these conditions and put an end to violations.Joint Submission by:ALEF - Act for Human RightsAnti-Racism Movement – ARMCedar Centre [...]
Lebanon’s New Government: A Turning Point for Accountability and Reform
This policy brief is the second in the series and covers the period between 01 September 2024 and 28 February 2025. This edition provides a critical assessment of the government’s early trajectory in committing to reforms, scrutinizing whether its initial actions are capable of driving meaningful change. It also explores the evolving role of municipal [...]
Situation Report 2019-2023
After a challenging hiatus, ALEF is proud to release our long-awaited situation report on the state of human rights in Lebanon, covering the period from 2019 to 2023. Since 1999, our annual reports have been central to our mission, shedding light on Lebanon's human rights challenges. The crises of recent years—including political deadlock, financial collapse, [...]
The Use of Force in Lebanon
Overview of the Enforced Legal Framework Monitoring and Analyzing the Human Rights Violations Committed during the Past Five Years The image of police officers is often associated with the exercise of force, though most police operations do not necessitate the use force. Only a handful of tasks require the use of force or the threat [...]
تعرب المنظّمات الموقعة أدناه عن قلقها حيال خلفيّات توقيف المواطن “نشأت منذر”،وتَعارض هذا التوقيف مع مبدأي حريّة الدين والمعتقد وحريّة التعبير، وتدعو لأخذ التزامات لبنان والمواثيق الدولية بعين الاعتبار.
أوقفت المديريّة العامّة لأمن الدولة في لبنان، مساء الثلاثاء الأول من شباط 2022، المواطن نشأت منذر، الذي كانت قد انتشرت فيديوهاته المثيرة للجدل في الفترة الأخيرة على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي، وجرى نقاش العديد من الموضوعات التي طرحها في الإعلام. أتى التوقيف بناءً على إشارة النيابة العامة التمييزية، تجاوبًا مع إخبار تقدم به محامون وتأيد لاحقًا [...]
Lebanon’s Political rights and Freedoms: A submission to the Universal Periodic Review
The following report highlights Lebanon’s improvements and setbacks in a series of most pressing human rights issues throughout the implementation phase of the second cycle following Lebanon’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2015. The country, currently going through a series of crises such as the Lebanese protests that started on October 17, 2019, the financial [...]
Threats to Civic Space: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review
This submission is presented for consideration as part of the Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Report. It includes a summary of the human rights conditions in Lebanon along with recommendations on how the Lebanese government can improve these conditions and put an end to violations. This report on freedom of religion and belief, freedom of expression [...]
تعرب ألف – تحرّك من أجل حقوق الإنسان عن قلقها الشديد حيال القرار المزعوم الذي صدر مؤخرًا بشأن الملاحقة الجنائيّة لكلّ من ينتقد رئيس الجمهوريّة مما من شأنه، في حال ثبتت صحّته، أن يحدّ من حريّة التعبير في لبنان.
بتاريخ 16 حزيران/يونيو 2020، أفاد موقع Lebanon Debate بأنّ المدعي العام التمييزي القاضي غسّان عويدات هدد بإقامة ملاحقة "جنائيّة" بحقّ أي فردٍ متورّط في نشر تعليقات "عدائيّة" على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي بحق رئاسة الجمهوريّة. في حال تأكّدت صحّة هذا القرار، فسيشكّل صفعةً جديّة للحريّات في لبنان. فعند انتخاب الرئيس ميشال عون، أشادت ألف بالإعلان الصادر [...]
ALEF- act for human rights is deeply concerned by the recent alleged decision to criminally prosecute critics of the President of the Republic, which, if accurate, will further curb the freedom of expression in Lebanon.
On June 16, 2020, Lebanon Debate reported that the public prosecutor Mr. Ghassan Ouaidate threatened to “criminally” prosecute any individual involved in posting social media comments “offensive” to the Presidency of the Republic. If verified, this decision would be a serious setback for the freedoms in Lebanon. Upon the election of President Michel Aoun, [...]