“Apparently, security bodies are using it again as a jail for the detainees of Beirut’s Justice Palace in light of prison overcrowding.” “What’s certain is that the prison does not meet any human-friendly criteria. We were promised several times that it will be shut down, but this did not happen. The MP added: “We have already asked for this so-called Adlieh prison built a few years ago to be shut down, as it does not provide the bare minimum on all levels. He told Arab News: “We have not received any answer to this question yet because the investigations are still ongoing.” MP Michel Moussa, head of the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights, questioned how 31 detainees could escape a facility that is presumably guarded and secured. Riots are a frequent event in Lebanese jails, with prisoners demanding better living conditions. 21, 2021, during which five detainees died in a car accident while escaping, and others were detained. The prison is located under a bridge close to the Justice Palace in Beirut and is subject to the authority of Lebanon’s prison administration, but was previously controlled by the General Security Service.Ī huge organized escape operation took place in the Baabda jail on Nov.
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The group of escaped prisoners includes Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and other nationals, he added.Ī security source told Arab News that the detainees “managed to saw off the bars of one of the cell’s windows overlooking the street using a screw.” “Work is underway to arrest the remaining detainees who escaped from Beirut’s prison,” the directorate general of the Internal Security Forces said. BEIRUT: A group of prisoners escaped from a prison in Beirut on Sunday, with the Lebanese Internal Security Forces’ Investigation Unit subsequently arresting four out of 31 escapees a day later.
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