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Democracy In Exile

Lebanon, Once a Middle East Beacon of Free Speech, Is Now Cracking Down

September 9, 2021

Democracy In Exile

With Its Collapse, Lebanon Joins a Bleak Club of Arab Countries

People carry on September 15, 2019, pictures of relatives who were killed during the Israeli occupation of south Lebanon, as they take part in a demonstration in front of the former Israeli-run prison of Khiyam on the border with Israel, to demand the trial of a former member of the pro-Israel South Lebanon Army SLA who has recently been arrested. - Lebanon has reportedly detained Amer al-Fakhoury, a senior member of a disbanded Israel-backed militia SLA, and a senior warden in the notorious SLA-run Khiyam prison, after his return to the country sparked widespread condemnation and revived accusations of torture. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

The US Goes to Bat for Lebanon's "Butcher of Khiam" Arabic

People carry on September 15, 2019, pictures of relatives who were killed during the Israeli occupation of south Lebanon, as they take part in a demonstration in front of the former Israeli-run prison of Khiyam on the border with Israel, to demand the trial of a former member of the pro-Israel South Lebanon Army SLA who has recently been arrested. - Lebanon has reportedly detained Amer al-Fakhoury, a senior member of a disbanded Israel-backed militia SLA, and a senior warden in the notorious SLA-run Khiyam prison, after his return to the country sparked widespread condemnation and revived accusations of torture. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

The US Goes to Bat for Lebanon's "Butcher of Khiam"