Cases of deprivation of liberty imposed arbitrarily are frequently referred to the CLDH.The aim of the CLDH, besides the release of the person arbitrarily detained, is to restore these detainees in their rights in order to improve the right to justice in Lebanon, both for the detainees and the victims. [Ar]

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Daily Star - Spy for Israel 'admits' scouting Mughniyeh hit site, November 14, 2008

BEIRUT: A security source said Ali Jarrah, charged with espionage for Israel, has confirmed to investigators that he was assigned earlier this year to scout the Kfar Soussa district in the Syrian capital of Damascus where senior Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated in February, As-Safir newspaper reported on Monday. As-Safir also quoted an unidentified security source as saying Jarrah testified to have scouted "certain points" in the coastal town of Tartous in northern Syria, where Syrian General Mohammad Suleiman was assassinated. Jarrah, who was allegedly recruited by Israeli intelligence in 1982, said he was not aware of the targets that Israeli intelligence wanted to strike.

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