From the field: Syrian refugees in Lebanon risk their lives for medical treatment

Headline Title: From the field: Syrian refugees in Lebanon risk their lives for medical treatment 12 March 2014 This is the first in a new series of dispatches about Amnesty International’s work on the ground, researching human rights crises around the world. For the latest updates on Syrian refugees in Lebanon, follow @CharCamille and @KDhala on Twitter. Syria’s enormous refugee crisis has been consistently described as the worst humanitarian crisis in a generation. A recent announcement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees gives a sense of the scale of the suffering…

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