The families of the of the disappeared in Lebanon were provided with a copy of the government’s investigation file Saturday, 25 years after losing their loved ones during the Civil War.
For years, civil society organizations, as well the families of the missing and forcibly disappeared, have been actively advocating action to help clarify the fate of the people who disappeared between 1975 and 1990.
Earlier this week, family members protested near the Grand Serail, demanding the government provide them with the files, which date back to the war.
Their slogan is still “The state’s court ruled, the state must implement,” which refers to a court ruling that grants them rights access the file.
Earlier this year, the State Council issued a decision, urging the state to release the official report by the commission formed by the government in 2000 to investigate the fate of the kidnapped and missing in Lebanon.
However in May the judiciary requested that delivery of the file be delayed on the grounds that its release would endanger civil peace.
The State Council rejected the judiciary’s plea and repeated its call for the file to be handed over to the families.
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