The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) is a local non-profit, non-partisan Lebanese human rights organization in Beirut that was established by the Franco-Lebanese Movement SOLIDA (Support for Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily) in 2006. SOLIDA has been active since 1996 in the struggle against arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and the impunity of those perpetrating gross human violations.

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April 5, 2011

Now Lebanon - Security operation ongoing in Roumieh Prison, New TV reports - April 5, 2011

New TV reported on Tuesday that the security operation to control the riot that broke out in Roumieh prison on Monday is ongoing.
Power has been completely cut off in the prison, the report added.
Protests in Roumieh’s Prison broke out on Monday for the second time in 48 hours.
Inmates at Roumieh– which is one of the biggest prisons in the Middle East and holds 4,500 inmates despite being built to hold only 1,500 – had been demanding amnesty and better conditions.
-NOW Lebanon

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