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September 19, 2010

Iloubnan - General Security denies NGO's torture claims (Daily Star) - September 19, 2010

BEIRUT: The General Directorate of General Security responded on Friday to allegations made by non-governmental organization Frontiers Ruwad, concerning the abuse of a supposed Sudanese refugee, The Daily Star reported yesterday.

According to the English speaking daily, the directorate issued a statement in which it denied subjecting Sudanese refugee Mohammad Babker Abdul Aziz Mohammad Adam to torture during his arrest at the General Security prison: “The directorate finds claims of torture against Adam to be strange.”

Frontiers Ruwad said on Thursday that Adam was put in solitary confinement for too long and was beaten and abused in the aim of pressuring him into leaving Lebanon.

Adam was arrested in December, 2009, for entering Lebanon illegally and he resisted deportation at the airport. He was sentenced to one month in prison and was moved from the Rashaya prison to the General Security jail at the end of August.
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