In August 2001: Several waves of mass arrests targeting youth activists demonstrating against Syria’s presence in Lebanon were conducted. Members of the PNL, the Free Patriotic Movement (supporters of Aoun), and of the then-banned LF, including senior advisors, were arbitrarily detained and reportedly subjected to torture and ill-treatment at the Military Intelligence headquarters at the Ministry of Defense.
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Associated Timeline/Case
Foreign Presence and Withdrawals | January, 1991 to December, 2005
Date of incident
August 07, 2001
Death toll
0 person(s)
Number of Injured
0 person(s)
Location
Achrafieh
Primary category
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Secondary Category
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary)
Power & governance conflicts
Classification of conflict (secondary)
Policy conflicts
