No connections no money is very difficult for refugees and migrant workers without documents to escape the prolonged detention in prisons in Lebanon. Very few detainees
receive institutional support from their embassies. Mixed with criminals and murderers, most prisoners spend months, even years, before appearing before a judge.
The offense is committed because they have no passport was confiscated when they arrived in Lebanon or because they never had.
There are also cases of mistaken identity. "I went through this situation a year after arriving in Lebanon after fleeing death threats in Algeria for being transgender," said Randa told IPS.
"When I tried to renew my visa, I told my man's name was equal to that of a Lebanese who had deserted the military service and why I had stopped, but I thought that the Algerian embassy was involved, "he said.
told him dam would be 24 hours for questioning, but was several months. The man dressed in linen and placed in the men's section, apparently in order to agree to be deported.
"I left more than 60 days prey while studying the form of sport. They put a man with a skin disease on my cell to intimidate me, "he added.
Cases like Randa violated Article 9.1 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which protects individuals from arbitrary detention without trial, a study of the Lebanese Center for Human Rights. Foreigners arrested
who served sentences represent nearly 13 percent of the prison population, the study "Arbitrary detention and torture: the stark reality of Lebanon."
At least nine Iraqis registered with the High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations were expelled to their country last year after a long period of detention.
authorities routinely resort to arbitrary arrests of foreigners as a way to stem immigration.
"Several Iraqi refugees we met at the jail said they ventured to enter without documents knowing that they could be arrested. This country is likely to send you to another and quickly," said Marie Daunay, Human Rights Center .
"The authorities would do better to respect the rights of refugees and to stop them leaving to enter the country illegally and deport them," he said.
"So Lebanon would no longer be considered a hostile country, but an opportunity for refugees. Not to mention that receive international assistance. After all, just enter the territory," he said.
This country ratified the UN Convention against Torture in 2000, but the living conditions of prisoners are deplorable due to overcrowding and lack of medical care.
The Adlieh Detention Center, located under a bridge that was used as a parking lot, does not fall into the category of prison. It is rather an enclosure to keep people up to 48 hours.
But prisoners remain several weeks, even months, underground in an area without sufficient ventilation. There are usually between 30 and 35 people crammed into 13 cells, forcing them to be sitting or standing in compact spaces where they can barely stretch their legs.
Detainees suffer reduced bone and muscle mass, lose vision and have other health problems, in addition to psychological distress.
"The immigrant workers lost years of his life in detention," said Josie, a Filipina who works independently. "The way to avoid this is to allow the person to keep your passport and leave the employer is left with a photocopy," he said.
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, on Thursday called on the Lebanese authorities to stop harassing physical, psychological and judicial representatives of the Lebanese Centre for Human Rights.
The Observatory is a joint program International Federation of Human Rights and World Organisation Against Torture
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