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Lebanese citizen detained and tortured
Reporter: sophie
Date of incident:
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Location's classification:
Public Location
Perpetrator's Name(s) (If available):
ISF officers, security officials
Text description of location:
Lebanon, unknown where
Detailed description of violation:
In June 2010 plainclothes ISF Information Branch officers arrested and detained Mohammad Osman Zayat. According to a report from Alkarama, an international human rights nongovernmental organization (NGO), security officials put Zayat in stress positions, beat him, and used electric shocks to force a confession. In December 2010 Zayat was transferred to a military court where he and eight others were charged with being members of al-Qaida. Of the eight, only four were arrested. Before a September 28 hearing, Zayat was released but no compensation was paid for his detention and torture.