23.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Bomb blast at south Lebanon restaurant injures five"

Tyre: At least 5 injured in bomb blast at a restaurant; several clubs, shops and restaurants selling alcohol have been bombed in the town in recent months [ID 214742]

18.04.2012 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"Syria Regional Refugee Response Update No. 1"

Brief update on the situation of Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey (protection; security; assistance) [ID 214660]

13.04.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Syrian Strife Hits Lebanese Villages" , Author: Inter Press Service

In the past 2 weeks, the northern Lebanese border came under mortar and bullet attacks from the Syrian army; Ali Shaaban, a cameraman for the local television station New TV, was killed in Wadi Khaled [ID 213854]

11.04.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Lebanese TV cameraman shot dead on Syrian border"

Ali Shaaban, a cameraman working for the Lebanese TV station Al-Jadeed, was killed when the car in which he and 2 colleagues were travelling came under fire on the border between northern Lebanon and Syria; his colleagues were injured [ID 213543]

09.04.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Journalist Reported Killed At Lebanon's Border With Syria"

TV journalist Ali Shaaban has been killed on Lebanese territory near the border to Syria by gunfire coming from Syrian side [ID 213456]

03.04.2012 - Source:UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 

"United Nations Expert On Slavery Urges Authorities To Investigate The Suicide Of A Migrant Domestic Worker In Lebanon"

Beirut: United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, calls for investigation into suicide of 33-year-old Alem Dechasa, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker; Dechasa was beaten and dragged into a car by men a few days before her death [ID 214159]

23.03.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Lebanon: Stop Abuse of Domestic Workers"

Article on the situation of migrant domestic workers (ill-treatment; deaths; legal provisions) [ID 212538]

22.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Firing along Syria-Lebanon border: officials" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Northern Lebanon: According to a security official and residents, Syrian troops fired rocket propelled grenades, sparking panic among the local population; there were no reports of casualties [ID 212531]

15.03.2012 - Source:Refugees International 

"Syrian Refugees In Lebanon: Preparing For The Worst"

Brief report on Syrian refugees in Lebanon (registration; humanitarian assistance in the north; preparation in the east; medical care and recovery) [ID 212457]

09.03.2012 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"Lebanon Update: Support to Displaced Syrians"

Brief update on the situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon [ID 211845]

08.03.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Tussle over gender violence law"

Due to proposed amendments to draft law on gender violence NGOs demand that parliament upholds original draft and criminalises honor crimes, marital rape and other abuses [ID 211460]

07.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Refugees flee for their lives from Syria's Homs" , Author: Agence France-Presse

According to UNHCR, about 2,000 people have fled to Lebanon in recent days, many from Homs and particularly the opposition stronghold of Baba Amr, which was stormed by Syrian troops [ID 211555]

07.03.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Boost for relatives of civil war missing"

New legal mechanism proposed to deal with thousands of people who went missing during 1975-1990 civil war, including locating mass graves, and identifying and returning remains to families [ID 211382]

06.03.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Syrians flee to Lebanon amid Homs atrocity claims"

More than 1,500 Syrian refugees have crossed into Lebanon within a few days, according to UNHCR [ID 211862]

06.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Syria army blasts rebels as Assad targets 'terror' " , Author: Agence France-Presse

Article on the security situation and attacks by Syrian forces [ID 211554]

05.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Brief influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon: officials" , Author: Agence France-Presse

According to officials, up to 2,000 refugees fleeing the violence in the Syrian province of Homs sought refuge in Lebanon in recent days but the majority have now returned home [ID 211553]

02.03.2012 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"Lebanon Update: Support to Displaced Syrians"

Brief update on the situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon [ID 211844]

02.03.2012 - Source:Reuters

"Syrian guards shoot fleeing refugees - rights group" , Author: AlertNet

According to Refugees International (RI), Syrians fleeing the city of Homs are being shot at as they try to escape over the border into Lebanon; an estimated 11,000 to 15,000 Syrians have crossed into Lebanon but only around 7,000 have so far registered with UNHCR [ID 212051]

01.03.2012 - Source:International Crisis Group 

"Lebanon’s Palestinian Dilemma: The Struggle Over Nahr al-Bared"

Report on the situation in Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon (historical information; presence of Lebanese security forces; erosion of Palestinian political influence; UNRWA's role; impact on other camps) [ID 211221]

03.2012 - Source:Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) 

"Todesstrafe in ausgewählten Ländern"

Report on the death penalty in selected countries [ID 214627]

17.02.2012 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon"

Brief update on the situation of Syrian refugees in North Lebanon [ID 210656]

13.02.2012 - Source:UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights) 

"Written statement submitted by the Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status [A/HRC/19/NGO/3]" , Author: Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture

Written statement of the Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture on the health situation in Lebanese prisons [ID 213852]

10.02.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Armed Assad supporters and opponents clash in Lebanon"

Tripoli: Heavy gunfire in clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad [ID 210042]

10.02.2012 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon"

Brief update on the situation of Syrian refugees in North Lebanon [ID 210646]

03.02.2012 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon"

Brief update on the situation of Syrian refugees in North Lebanon [ID 210305]