Links

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Business as usual in Lebanon

Lebanon continues to misuse its military courts to suppress civilian dissent, as this Associated Press report chronicles. Excerpt:
"Military courts have no business trying civilians," said Aya Majzoub, a researcher with Human Rights Watch. The international rights group has called on Lebanon's parliament to end the troubling practice by passing a law to entirely remove civilians from the military court's jurisdiction.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comments are subject to moderation and must be submitted under your real name. Anonymous comments will not be posted (even though the form seems to permit them).