Nearly 100,000 people remain displaced in #Lebanon.
Israel’s deliberate demolition of civilian homes & destruction of vast swathes of critical civilian infrastructure & public services are making it impossible for residents to return.
New from @hrw.org
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#Liban : "La démolition délibérée par Israël de maisons et d'infrastructures civiles et l'utilisation d'armes explosives dans des zones peuplées empêchent de nombreux habitants de retourner dans leurs villages et leurs maisons" - @ramzikaiss.bsky.social
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After two years of being stymied by Lebanese authorities, the lead investigator in the 2020 Beirut port explosion case has reportedly resumed the investigation.
The resumption raises cautious hope that those responsible may be held to account.
The resumption of the investigation into the Beirut Port Blast raises cautious hope that those responsible may be held to account
Lebanon’s incoming government should now work with parliament to address the legal & political barriers that have hampered the investigation
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Lebanon's new president presents an opportunity to break from decades of impunity that have entrenched severe violations of people’s rights www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...
"M.Aoun & le nouveau gouv libanais seront jugés sur leurs actes. Une nouvelle page de l'histoire du Liban ne commencera que lorsque le pays mettra en œuvre un nouveau programme donnant la priorité aux droits plutôt qu'au clientélisme & au copinage" @ramzikaiss.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...
New from @hrw.org on the election of Joseph Aoun as #Lebanon’s new president:
Aoun & the new government will be judged by their actions. A new phase in Lebanon’s history will only begin once it implements an agenda that prioritizes rights over patronage & cronyism
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Lebanon’s deportation of poet AbdulRahman al-Qardawi to the UAE today brazenly violates Lebanese & international law.
He now faces serious risks of abuse, including torture.
A shameful, dangerous & unlawful action by Lebanon’s government.
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The Israeli govt has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the bare minimum water needed to survive. This policy of deprivation, resulting in thousands of deaths,
is nothing short of the crime against humanity of extermination, and an act of genocide. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
In #Lebanon, 3,402 out of the 4,047 people killed in the war died during the last few months of the 14-month conflict, according to Health Minister Firass Abiad -- that's 84%.
88% of the 16,638 injured were wounded in the last few months of the war, according to new Health Ministry numbers.
I spoke to AJ’s The Take about the ceasefire in Lebanon and how the last day before it was the most violent
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Days after ICC announces warrants for Netanyahu, Biden admin moving to approve its largest arms sale to Israel in months. Includes 15,500 JDAM kits + 615 small diameter bombs. Our @washingtonpost.com team has documented extensive civilian harm caused by both. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
France is arguing that #Netanyahu, as head of state, is entitled to immunity and so will not enforce #ICC arrest warrants. Maybe #Putin will be welcom in Paris too.
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Shameful statement from France, which undermines the ICC and international justice. There is no immunity for mass atrocities. www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-...
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming south to their homes
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In Beirut today, one person I interviewed had his home destroyed.
His family was unhurt because his mother was already in the hospital.
As he swept the dust from the now exposed stairwell, he said that his thoughts were with Gaza.
“We haven’t experienced 1% of what Gaza has,” he told me.
War Crimes in Lebanon: Human Rights Watch Says Israel Used U.S. Arms to Kill 3 Journalists
New HRW report finds that an Israeli strike that killed 3 journalists in Lebanon, using US weapons, is an apparent war crime.
The US should suspend arm sales to Israel because of its unlawful attacks on civilians, for which US officials may be complicit in war crimes
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Israeli strikes across Lebanon have now killed at least 3754 people including 240 children, 222 health and rescue workers and more than 700 women.
At least 29 people were killed by one Israeli strike on central Beirut yesterday, according to the Health Ministry’s latest update
11 people killed, 63 wounded so far in overnight Israeli strike in Basta, central Beirut, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.
Rescuers are still searching for bodies.
