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Five Lebanese citizens detained by Hizballah

Reporter: sophie
Date of incident: 
Monday, September 15, 2008
Location's classification: 
Public Location
Perpetrator's Name(s) (If available): 
Hizballah
Text description of location: 
Beirut, Dahiyeh
Detailed description of violation: 

In mid-September Hizballah members detained five employees from LebanonFiles.com who were conducting a survey in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh. The employees were reportedly interrogated for six hours before being released.