A man in front of the entrance to Roumieh prison, April 7, 2006. (Credit: Ramzi Haidar/AFP)
The countdown is on. On Monday, the Constitutional Council will start reviewing the appeal filed by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) in September seeking to annul the general amnesty law. Naturally, prisoners and their families are waiting anxiously, while tensions are mounting in some parts of the country. This is particularly true in Tripoli and northern Lebanon more broadly, where reactions range from cautious anticipation to mounting unease among Islamist circles, which are threatening to escalate if their demands are not met. Commentary General amnesty law in Lebanon: 'Forgiving is not forgetting' Islamists make up a large proportion of those who could benefit from the law. Some have been held for years without trial over their involvement in past clashes, notably in Tripoli, Nahr al-Bared and Abra. In Bloc B of Roumieh...
The countdown is on. On Monday, the Constitutional Council will start reviewing the appeal filed by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) in September seeking to annul the general amnesty law. Naturally, prisoners and their families are waiting anxiously, while tensions are mounting in some parts of the country. This is particularly true in Tripoli and northern Lebanon more broadly, where reactions range from cautious anticipation to mounting unease among Islamist circles, which are threatening to escalate if their demands are not met. Commentary General amnesty law in Lebanon: 'Forgiving is not forgetting' Islamists make up a large proportion of those who could benefit from the law. Some have been held for years without trial over their involvement in past clashes, notably in Tripoli, Nahr al-Bared and Abra. In Bloc B of Roumieh...
