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Prolonged arbitrary detention of refugees
Reporter: admin
Date of incident:
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Detailed description of violation:
LMany refugees and asylum seekers are arrested and kept in detention in degrading conditions, particularly in the General Security underground retention center, even though they finished their sentences for illegal entry in Lebanon, or after having been acquitted. In 2012, the prolonged arbitrary detention of Iraqi and Sudanese refugees from 3 to 10 months in the General Security retention center, were reported to CDH.