Inedible food. Severe electricity rationing. No medical services. Prisoners recount harrowing stories of hardships in a Lebanese prison.
HRW also said some evidence suggests government officials foresaw and ignored the possible destruction the explosive material could cause.
From medicine shortages caused by the crisis to revenge killing, Lebanon witnessed multiple tragic deaths this weekend.
Accompanied by a symphony of honks, layers of sweat in the scorching heat, and phones with drained batteries, these motorists...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday that Parliament was ready to lift the immunity of its members so that the investigation into the Beirut port blast may proceed. “The priority of parliament was and will continue to be complete cooperation with the judiciary,” said Berri in a statement, following...
Lifting immunity from MPs threatens the core of a mafia system that Lebanon’s politicians are fighting to maintain.
Najib Mikati last headed a Lebanese government between 2011 and 2014.
Despite a smear campaign run by political parties, Naqaba Tantafid won the majority in the Order of Engineers and Architects elections.
The announcement comes a day after PM-designate Saad Hariri resigned, unable to break 9 months of deadlock with President Michel Aoun.
Last night, riot police violently beat and tear gassed the families of Beirut blast victims in a protest facing Fahmi’s Kraytem residence.
The European Union said it hopes to develop the legal framework for a “sanctions regime” targeting Lebanese leaders.