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Roumieh Prison, Lebanon (NNA)
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Indian college students take part in a demonstartion on the occasion of United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Bangalore on June 26, 2015. The students demanded the Indian government to ratify the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment and to pass a domestic legislation categorically prohibiting torture. AFP PHOTO/ Manjunath KIRAN
Opinion: Our Desperate Attempts to Reject Torture
This month is dedicated to a global media campaign against torture. Documented testimonies, investigations, articles and videos of survivors from across the world are being broadcast on alternative media platforms and websites in an attempt to exert more pressure on...Caption:
A general view shows Roumieh prison, in Roumieh January 12, 2015. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)
Lebanon: New security procedures at Roumieh prison
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese authorities have implemented new security plans at the country’s largest prison, including placing “dangerous” prisoners in solitary confinement, after police raided the detention facility following reports that the prison had...Caption:
Roumieh Prison overlooks the Lebanese capital Beirut. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
Lebanon’s Roumieh Prison is “base for terrorism”: Interior Minister
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese security services have stepped up security around Roumieh Prison following reports of radical Sunni groups seeking to stage a major jailbreak to release Islamist inmates, Lebanon’s interior minister told Asharq Al-Awsat. The decision...Caption:
Lebanese police search a car at a checkpoint following their deployment for a state security plan in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli October 3, 2013. (REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim)