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| Signatories Organisations |
May 20, 2014 – The undersigned
organizations express their deep concern over
the new policy of the Lebanese authorities towards Palestinian Refugees
from Syria.
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights states that « everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other
countries asylum from persecution». While Syrians have relatively easy access
to the Lebanese territory , many reports show that measures are being taken to
deny Palestinian refugees from Syria access to and stay in Lebanon.
Morover, dozens of Palestinians from Syria
have reportedly been expelled from Lebanon to Syria on May 4, 2014 in violation
of article 3 of the Convention against Torture ratified by Lebanon that
provides that « No State Party shall expel, return (“refouler”) or extradite a
person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that
he would be in danger of being subjected to torture. (…) The competent
authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations including,
where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern
of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights. »
