Lebanon/Iraq: Fear of forcible return/ torture and other ill-treatment/ death penalty

Lebanon/Iraq: Fear of forcible return/ torture and other ill-treatment/ death penalty

Index AI: MDE 18/001/2008
Date de publication: 23 janvier 2008
Catégories: Liban, Irak

Muthher 'Abd al-Karim al-Kharbit and Bashar Sab’awi Ibrahim, two Iraqi nationals held in Lebanon, are facing a possible extradition to Iraq following a decision taken by the Lebanese government on 28 December 2007. Both the Iraqi government and the US military in Iraq accuse the two men of funding insurgent groups within Iraq.