Security of Lebanese citizens threatened

Ask the Lebanese about Hezbollah

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RCPL is concerned about the state of children in Lebanon. The economic crisis is forcing thousands of youth to work. The authorities should develop programs that ensure children complete their basic schooling in order to avoid child labor.

Political interference in the judiciary system

Arbitrary arrests and torture by Hizbullah

RCPL encourages Lebanese movements within a socio-political framework, to pressure the Lebanese government to reduce corruption and reform the public service.

On November 23, Lebanon raised $4.4 billion in guaranteed debt to replace high interest debt. RCPL encourages the world community to help Lebanon recover from its economic crisis. RCPL also encourages the world community to use their financial support as a mean to re-establish Lebanese sovereignty over all Lebanese territory, pressure Lebanese and Syrian authorities to disarm all non-governmental groups, reduce corruption and respect civil rights. 

Démocratie en péril

Syria refused to receive the families of the Lebanese detainees

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Another Lebanese detained on the Syrian borders

Liberté d'expression opressée!

Will the Francophonie Summit help Lebanon halt its ascent into the ranks of totalitarian regimes?

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RCPL, a Canadian registered non-profit organization promoting human rights and democratic values in Lebanon, is impressed with signs that leading Lebanese politicians are considering liquidating the media assets. As stated in the words of the Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, it is abnormal that leading politicians owned television and newspaper media because it is detrimental to democracy. 
RCPL encourages the Lebanese leadership to promote such democratic values, and enact laws to prevent majority ownership of media by politicians and national media concentrations.

Civilians security threatened.

Violence against TV station in Lebanon.

Instead of increasing the security of citizens and disarming all non-governmental armed groups, the Lebanese government has decided...

Forgotten for 8 years in the basement of the Lebanese Minister of Defense.

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Presse Menacée (French version) 

After the brutal murder by Ahmed Mansour of 8 civilians in the ministry of education, the Lebanese government attempted to shut down LBCI for reporting the event with quotes from public witnesses stating the murderer targeted certain confessions. RCPL deplores state interferences in media reports as attempts to oppress freedom of expression. The Lebanese government must respect all forms of freedom of expression that do not spread hatred and reflect reality in an objective manner.

RCPL is concerned about the amount of weapons in the hand of non-governmental individuals and organizations, which threatens Lebanese citizens, the state of law and global security. The Lebanese government must take immediate actions to disarm such individuals and organizations while allowing all movements to operate within Lebanese law as socio-political movements, and not substitutes to the government. These list of individuals and organizations is long, and includes renegade individuals, Palestinian refugee camps and Hizbullah.

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RCPL is encouraged that Syrian authorities have received the families of individuals missing in Lebanon. We hope that the Syrian authorities will investigate the fate of each of these individuals and bring closure to a fundamental issue that has affected the relationship between the Syrian regime and the people of Lebanon.

RCPL is highly concerned that the recently released results by the Scientific Research Center's Oceanology Institute (financed by the Mediterranean Action Plan of the UN Environmental Program), because they demonstrate an unacceptable level of pollution in the sea surrounding Lebanon. The Lebanese government must assume a more prominent role in monitoring sea, land and air pollution. Current levels of pollution in Lebanon are hazardous to the health of its citizens and the well-being of the country. 

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RCPL is encouraged by the recent Maronite World Congress, and hopes the Lebanese community will work closer together in the future to promote democracy and human rights in Lebanon.

On May 7th, Engineer Ramzi Irani was kidnapped while returning home and found executed thirteen days later. Mr. Irani was a pacifist engineer ...

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Kidnapped... Tortured... and Killed...!!! Till when ???!!!

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Violations des droits de la personne au Liban. (french version)

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RCPL is concerned about the abuse of civil liberties in Lebanon and the oppression of pacifists especially professionals and intellectuals for their political opinions.

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Mass arrests of about 22 members of the Christian opposition parties on Sunday May 12, 2002, including one Belgian citizen Mr. Carlos Keyrouz arrested at Beirut Airport on his way to Brussels...

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Disappearance of the engineer Mr. Ramzi Irani, head of the LF students association in the Lebanese University, in mysterious conditions

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