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Two Lebanese were arrested at a LF checkpoint in Beirut; they were detained in the suburbs of Adonis and allegedly tortured

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident: 
November 16, 1987
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Forces (LF)
Lebanese Civilians

November 16, 1987: Two Lebanese were arrested at a LF checkpoint in Beirut; they were detained in the suburbs of Adonis and allegedly tortured. Their family and the ICRC were allowed to visit only after several months. They were transferred to Israel secretly in 1990, and their place of detention was revealed two years later. In 1997 they were still in detention, with no family access, and without charge or trial.

Primary category: 
Cruel Treatment and Torture
Secondary Category: 
Unlawful Detention
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.