Release of Youssef Chaabane

[SeekNirvana]

رئيس الجمهورية يصدر عفواً خاصاً عن المحكوم يوسف شعبان

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From the SOLIDA report in June 2007

Originally Posted by SOLIDA

14 years after his arrest, and despite the torture to which he was subjected by the Syrian
Intelligence Services and the Lebanese Criminal Police in order to get him to confess, and
even though he never stopped claiming innocence, the Palestinian Youssef Chaabane who is
a resident of Lebanon is serving a life sentence.
Lebanese justice and authorities refuse to conduct a review of his trial, in blatant disregard
of Lebanon’s international commitments.
The CLDH (the Lebanese Center for Human Rights) has been following this case for many
years, and has decided through this report to let the world know Youssef Chaabane’s
desperate situation, this man who has been denied his rights for so many years.
Each day is one more day behind bars for Youssef Chaabane who has literally been
forgotten for 14 years in the Central Prison of Roumieh in Lebanon and is the victim of not
just one, but several, egregious violations of justice.
This report is a call for Truth and Justice, for a fair and independent justice.
This report is a call to all those who refuse that in Lebanon, like anywhere else in the world,
people are being tortured and indefinitely and arbitrarily denied their freedom.
This is a call to action, to quick action, in order to free Youssef Chaabane and to demand
that the truth be told about this case.

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[LebanonUSA]

Another example of how Lebanon is a sick sick sick country. Tfeh. At least Gen/Pres Sleiman was decent enough to free this man.

[Mahmoum]

Originally Posted by seeknirvana

رئيس الجمهورية يصدر عفواً خاصاً عن المحكوم يوسف شعبان

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from the solida report in june 2007


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تبـــــــــاً لهيك بلــــد

[hannaalsayssa]

I read about is case and felt so sad for him.

Mabrouk for his release, at least one one injustice corrected even if late.
just think about the hundreds of innocent souls i lebanese jails.
not to mention the dozens in syrian dungeons.
and the millions on innocent ones in the moderate arab states.

mabrouk khayye YOUSSEF.

[needfortruth]

Originally Posted by SeekNirvana

رئيس الجمهورية يصدر عفواً خاصاً عن المحكوم يوسف شعبان

Tayyar.org

From the SOLIDA report in June 2007


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Are the same judges and investigators involved in the 'Majlis Doustouri'?

[dodzi]

Originally Posted by needfortruth

Are the same judges and investigators involved in the 'Majlis Doustouri'?

All judges are somewhat corrupt...






... All high-ranked judges are extremely corrupt!

[Chaos]

How it happens that the concentration of corrupted persons is much higher among the judges than among other categories?
Is there any specialized test to choose corrupted persons for some functions?

[dodzi]

Originally Posted by Chaos

How it happens that the concentration of corrupted persons is much higher among the judges than among other categories?
Is there any specialized test to choose corrupted persons for some functions?

I don't believe judges are more corrupt than others. Only there are two things that make their category unique:

1- Judges are high-level civil servants, and that implies higher salaries and thus higher cost to corrupt

2- The impact of their job is much more direct and widespread than other civil servants, and the nature of their corruption touches justice not just the economy

So if you want to compare a a normal civil servant that might take a few thousands of dollars to close his eyes on a more or less illegal public procurement issue and a judge that takes money to change his judgment, the former's corruption is less direct than the latter's, and the cost of the judge is much higher!

[SeekNirvana]

The case is pretty ridiculous.

The killer was tried and charged in Jordan in 2000 (9 years ago!), and the Lebanese judges still kept the guy in prison to preserve the Lebanese Pen[i]al Procedure Code.

What's wrong with these people? Heck, the mother of all codes, the constitution, is an optional document in Lebanon and they were worried about preserving the Penal Procedure Code?!

[Diabolo_7]

There was a glitch in the legal procedures that wouldnt allow for a retrial to happen... NTV had a reportage on him a while back.

I am relieved the guy got a presidential pardon