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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September 20, 2010

Now Lebanon - Justice Palace employees should be investigated, Sahili says - September 20, 2010

Employees at the Justice Palace in Beirut who went on strike to protest political interference in the judiciary should be subject to judicial investigation because strikes are illegal, Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Nawar Sahili told al-Manar on Monday.

The National News Agency (NNA) reported on Monday that judicial staff members went on strike at the Justice Palace in solidarity with the Lebanese judiciary “after it was targeted by smear campaigns.”

The employees called for a non-politicized and independent judicial system, reported the agency, and also said that “political and spiritual leaders should refrain from interfering in the work of the judiciary.”

In a statement issued on Friday, Hezbollah called on the judiciary to revoke Attorney General Said Mirza’s decision to summon former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed for questioning about his threatening speeches
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