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April 6, 2011

Now Lebanon - Security source denies officer detention - April 6, 2011

A security source in remarks published on Wednesday denied that any security officers had been seized by prisoners amid renewed riots in Roumieh prison.
“The officers stayed in their locations in the sections where riots broke out after the prisoners locked the doors,” the source told Al-Hayat newspaper.
Media reports on Tuesday said that the prisoners held three prison guards hostages.
For the last several days protests have been taking place at the Roumieh prison. 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 an amnesty and better conditions.

-NOW Lebanon
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