أيام الهوان في لبنان

Quote: VERY URGENT APPEAL TO RELEASE SUDANESE NATIONALS FROM LEBANON PRISONS Reports from Lebanon indicate that many Sudanese in Lebanon are facing a difficult situation that needs the immediate attention of Sudanese as well as non-Sudanese organizations together with the government of Lebanon, theArab and African human rights groups, and the international community as a whole. There is a critical need to inform the whole world on the situation of these Sudanese citizens and the abuses they are made to suffer for no reason. Most of the Sudanese in question have been charged as illegal migrants as they entered without visa into Lebanon through Syria. The authorities did not consider the migrants as politically persecuted individuals. They were hence placed under police and prisons authority in Lebanon. The persons listed below are in Lebanese prisons and police centers in poor health and hygienic conditions. Some prisons are under ground buildings with tiny windows that only allow unhealthy ventilation. Some of the detention centers are controlled by the Lebanese general security except Alnabatia and Ba'abda. The authorities, it is reported, are not adequately committed to international human rights norms in dealing with the rights of the Sudanese prisoners. The Sudanese inmates are facing many health problems. They mostly suffer from joint pains, chest infections, and chronic cough. The poor health conditions and lack in medical attention led to the death of two Sudanese prisoners last year soon after their release from jail. One died in hospital and the other in front of his outdoors. The Lebanese police have tortured many other cases. Some have developed mental disorders. The situation of the prisoners is painful and is horrible. The Sudanese in Lebanon held a meeting and established a committee that maintained a close contact with the imprisoned Sudanese and to support their cases. The Sudan Human Rights Organization Cairo Branch, the Sudanese Victims of Torture Group (SVTG), and Amnesty International established important contacts with the Sudanese Committee that is supporting the Sudanese in question. Because the situation is worsening and the government of Lebanon threatened to deport the Sudanese from prisons to the Sudan irrespective of their demand to have political refuge in or outside Lebanon via the UN office, we urge the whole world to save the Sudanese refugees from the Lebanese jail. We are aware of the sincere moral and humanitarian concerns that Lebanese human rights activists and progressive organizations have shown to press the Lebanese Government to release our deal Sudanese refugees from the Lebanese prison. We highly appreciate this positive attitude that has always reflected the continuous friendship between these respectful individuals and organizations and the People of Sudan. We condemn with anger and deep concerns the blind eye the Government of Lebanon has given to the serious situation that our Sudanese brothers faced in Lebanon. We condemn the non-concern of the Government of Lebanon for the unlawful tortures the Sudanese suffered in the Lebanese police stations and prisons. We condemn in the strongest terms possible the death of two Sudanese nationals as a consequence of this savagery in Lebanon. We appeal to our Sudanese fellows and all Friends of Sudan in Lebanon and all over the world to ask for the immediate release of our Sudanese nationals from the prisons of Lebanon. We urge them to press for the insurance of immediate refugee status to all of these Sudanese in the refugee-receiving countries through the United Nations Office in Lebanon. We ask the Government of Lebanon to establish a judicial fact finding committee to investigate the harassment, tortures, and in particular the death of the Sudanese citizens as a consequence of these horrible conditions. We ask that the findings of the committee be publicly published worldwide. We ask the Sudanese victimized by the tortures be fairly compensated by the Government of Lebanon. We appeal to the international community to put the necessary pressure on the Government of Lebanon to treat our Sudanese citizens who are still incarcerated in the prisons of Lebanon in accordance with international law until they are decently released. We appeal to the United Nations to support the cases of these citizens, to provide humanitarian support to them, and to recognize them as refugees who should be relocated in receiving countries according to international norms. Below is a list of urgent cases detained in Forn ElShibak/General Security that need immediate release. Important Note: The prisoners are subject to security transference from a prison to another: Chol Koagy File number in (UNHCR) 12376 detained in December /07/1999 Yusif Deng Kair File number 12025 in November /11/1999 Magok Deng Mangor file number 11603 in July /18/2000 Yahiah Adam Ishag file number 13639 Abdalla Adam Ali file number 15279 Daivid Jestin Jacoth file number 16805 detained in November /11/1999 Faisal Chol Danial file number 13602 detained in May /05/2000 Michael Andro Logo file number 15779 in June /05/2000 Adil jobara Saad file number 15038 Mohamed Gibril ElKofi file number 13460 Trapol Ibrahim Lako file number 15779 in November/1999 Daivid Donato Deng file number unavailable in November/1999 Abd -Elrahman Achwel UNCR identity card in July 07 /2000 Akwek Malith file number unavailable in July /18/2000 Mario Alyab file number unavailable in February /01/2000 Yahia Adam file number unavailable John Paul Lako file number unavailable in May /15/2000 Maggar Alwang Ortaiga file number unavailable in April/28/2000 Detained in Mazra'a Yashoh Elmalik /General security are: James Ediward UNHCR card Simon Bahkit file number unavailable Chol Kody file number unavailable Makair Tut file number unavailable Henry Akon Deng file number unavailable in April /18/2000 Adam Abubaker Adam file number unavailable Salah Mohamed Abd-Allah file number unavailable in April/01/2000 Bashir Fikry file number unavailable Gelbert Kwagie file number unavailable in April/16/2000 Mayom Maggar Ashik file number unavailable in November/11/1999 Michael Adam Paul file number unavailable in June /05/2000 William Adam Paul file number unavailable in June/05/2000 Addar Paul file number unavailable in April/05/2000 Detained in Zagharta-Tripol: Omer Mohamed Abd-alla file number 14820 Detained in Alnabatia -General prison: Sulaiman Mohammed Tahmeed file number unavailable Detained in Ba 'Abda-General prison: Abd-Allah Haroun Mohamed file number unavailable Hissain Abd-Elkarim Hassab-Allah file number unavailable We appeal to all Sudanese and non-Sudanese individuals, groups, and organizations to write to the Lebanese authorities to release the Sudanese citizens from prison and to facilitate their decent refuge in or outside Lebanon. This Appeal is addressed to: His Excellency Kofi Anan The United Nations Secretary General - New York Her Excellency Mary Robinson Human Rights Commissioner - Geneva The African Commission on Human Rights, Banjul, The Gambia The Arab League, Cairo His Excellency Emile Lahoude President of Lebanon Email: [email protected] Tel: +961 1 387 200 Tel: +961 1 457 111 His Excellency the Prime Minister of Lebanon Email: [email protected] Tel:+961 1 746 779 Tel: +961 1 746 780 Tel: +961 1 746 781 The Minister of interior Fax: +961 1 869 813 Tel: +961 1 807 219 Tel:+ 961 1 863 360 The Minister of Justice Lebanon Fax: +961 1 422 957 Say {Fax, please} The {UNHCR} Lebanon Office Fax: +961 1 373 067 Tel:+961 1 612 836 P.O.Box 7332 Email: [email protected] The Arab Organization for Human Rights, Cairo The Arab Lawyers Union, Egypt Ms. Jemera Rone Human Rights Watch/Africa, New York Amnesty International, London All human rights groups