Conflict Incident Report

Souha Bechara arrested and detained without charge or trial until 1998 at Khiyam for attempting to kill SLA leader Antoine Lahd

Associated Timeline/Case:

Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988

Date of incident:

November 7, 1988 to September 3, 1998

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

South Lebanon Army (SLA)

Lebanese Civilians

November 7, 1988: Souha Bechara was arrested and detained without charge or trial until 1998 at Khiyam for attempting to kill SLA leader Antoine Lahd. Her family was allowed to visit her for the first time in 1995. She was released on September 3, 1998. Out of the 10 years she spent there, 6 were spent in solitary confinement. She reports that she and other women detainees were tortured, which included beatings, threats, rape, electrical shocks, and sexual harassment by other women prisoners

Primary category:

Unlawful Detention

Secondary Category:

Cruel Treatment and Torture

Classification of conflict (primary):

Power & governance conflicts

Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.

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Conflict Incident Report

Souha Bechara arrested and detained without charge or trial until 1998 at Khiyam for attempting to kill SLA leader Antoine Lahd