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Lebanon: Syrian incarcerated person's suicide sheds light on dire conditions in prisons

The suicide of a Syrian man in Lebanon’s Roumieh Central Prison has cast a new light on the dire conditions inside the country’s prisons, particularly medical neglect and the delay of trials.

Source: New arab (05/07/2025)