📰 2 sources 5 articles · 21 Oct 2026, 12:54 → 23 days ago

Lebanese detainees in Israeli prisons: a meeting with Rajji and a draft for internationalization via the Human Rights Council

A joint delegation from the Khiam Center for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and the Qana Observatory for Human Rights met Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji and urged the Lebanese state to adopt a draft on Lebanese detainees in Israeli prisons to put before the Human Rights Council. Reports covered the lack of confirmed numbers of detainees and the prevention of visits to them, before Rajji received the draft, whose destination will be the Human Rights Council.

📍 Where things stand: The draft on the Lebanese detainees is now with the Foreign Ministry, headed for the Human Rights Council, with no details on its content or when it will be submitted.

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21 Oct 2026, 12:54 Mohammad Safa, head of the Khiam Center for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, called on the Lebanese state to adopt a proposed draft to put before the Human Rights Council regarding Lebanese detainees in Israeli prisons, during a meeting between a joint delegation from the center and the Qana Observatory for Human Rights and Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji. The delegation demanded a list of the detainees' names and guaranteed Red Cross visits to them, warning that they are being subjected to torture and classified as "unlawful combatants".
21 Oct 2026, 13:09 Reports noted continuing ambiguity over the number of Lebanese detainees and the prevention of visits to them, and addressed the path of internationalizing the issue and the related steps.
21 Oct 2026, 14:11 Reports pointed to a new diplomatic move in which the Foreign Ministry is following up the file of the Lebanese detainees, while the file remains a focus of official Lebanese attention.
21 Oct 2026, 18:40 Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji received a draft concerning the detainees' file, destined for the Human Rights Council, with no further details on its content, who prepared it, or when it will be submitted.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

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