A committee which has long been lobbying for Lebanese prisoners in
Syrian jails held a sit in on Friday in Beirut
Support of Lebanese in Detention and Exile Organization in Lebanon (SOLIDE) chief Wedad Halawani read a statement in which she underscored “the need for a law that would ease the pain of the [victims’] families – [who have been waiting for a long time to know the fate of their missing members].”
The group called for Lebanese lawmakers “to adopt and approve this bill.”
The bloody Lebanese civil war erupted on April 13, 1975 and came to an end in 1990.
Rights groups say thousands of men, women and children disappeared at the hands of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad during the Lebanese civil strife, according to AFP.
Syria withdrew from Lebanon
The Assad dynasty has long denied holding any prisoners, but on four different occasions between 1976 and 2000 has released Lebanese who had been held in Syrian jails, according to AFP.
-NOW Lebanon/AFP
Support of Lebanese in Detention and Exile Organization in Lebanon (SOLIDE) chief Wedad Halawani read a statement in which she underscored “the need for a law that would ease the pain of the [victims’] families – [who have been waiting for a long time to know the fate of their missing members].”
The group called for Lebanese lawmakers “to adopt and approve this bill.”
The bloody Lebanese civil war erupted on April 13, 1975 and came to an end in 1990.
Rights groups say thousands of men, women and children disappeared at the hands of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad during the Lebanese civil strife, according to AFP.
The Assad dynasty has long denied holding any prisoners, but on four different occasions between 1976 and 2000 has released Lebanese who had been held in Syrian jails, according to AFP.
-NOW Lebanon/AFP
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