Rights Activist Hints Syrian Nationals Wrongly Charged with Arms Trade
The spokesman of the Lebanese Institute for Democracy and Human Rights has hinted that several Syrian nationals have been wrongly accused by Lebanese authorities of involvement in arms trade.
Spokesman Nabil al-Halabi told An Nahar daily published Sunday that Syrian citizen Ammar Omar al-Adib, who was arrested by Hizbullah while he was visiting a friend in Beirut’s southern suburbs, was beaten while in police custody.
He was released after two days of questioning and when he wanted to travel to Saudi Arabia along with his brother, Beirut airport’s General Security Department arrested him, al-Halabi said.
He was later charged by the military court of arms trade, he added.
The same scenario happened with another Syrian national - Mohammed Shaker Shallah - who was also arrested at Rafik Hariri International Airport and referred to the military court which charged him with arms trade between Lebanon and Syria, the spokesman told An Nahar.
He said there was a similar case with a Syrian Kurd activist called Serqman Mohammed Ali who was seeking to travel to Paris when he was arrested.
It is not yet known under which security agency’s custody he is, al-Halabi added.
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