Lebanon: Rights Bills Stalled in Parliament

Expand An election official shows a ballot with colors of political parties participating in the parliamentary election shortly after the polling stations closed in Beirut, Lebanon on May 6, 2018.  © 2018 Bilal Hussein/AP Photo (Beirut) – Lebanon made legislative progress on the waste management crisis and the status of the disappeared in 2018, but parliament failed to follow through on legislation in other key areas, including women’s and sexual minority rights and freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2019. “Lebanon’s new parliament has not delivered on…

© Human Rights Watch - jeudi 17 janvier 2019