BEIRUT | iloubnan.info - September 29, 2010
Muhammad Babikir Adam is being held at a General Security office in the ‘Adliyeh area of the capital Beirut. Despite his refugee status there was an attempt to deport him last week, but he refused to leave the country and was reportedly beaten. According to sources in Lebanon, General Security officials then forced him to sign with his fingerprints a document that, being illiterate, he could not read; no lawyer was present. Amnesty International does not have information about the content of the document, but fears that it is part of an attempt to forcibly return him to Sudan and make it look like he agreed to being deported.
Muhammad Babikir Adam has been detained in Lebanon since 29 January. On 11 March he was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment for violation of a deportation order. He remains detained, beyond the expiry of his sentence, while General Security reportedly prepares to deport him and 48 other Sudanese back to Sudan. Amnesty International is concerned that his conviction, sentence and resulting imprisonment may have been unlawful and in violation of international human rights law and standards concerning refugees.
Muhammad Babikir Adam is a member of the Fur ethnic group, from Darfur in western Sudan, a region which in recent years has witnessed large-scale violations of human rights and humanitarian law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity. Lebanon has international obligations not to return in any circumstances any individual to a country where they would be at risk of torture.
Muhammad Babikir Adam has been detained in Lebanon since 29 January. On 11 March he was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment for violation of a deportation order. He remains detained, beyond the expiry of his sentence, while General Security reportedly prepares to deport him and 48 other Sudanese back to Sudan. Amnesty International is concerned that his conviction, sentence and resulting imprisonment may have been unlawful and in violation of international human rights law and standards concerning refugees.
Muhammad Babikir Adam is a member of the Fur ethnic group, from Darfur in western Sudan, a region which in recent years has witnessed large-scale violations of human rights and humanitarian law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity. Lebanon has international obligations not to return in any circumstances any individual to a country where they would be at risk of torture.
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