check it -- at least 62 people have died and 198 have been injured in armed clashes between hizbullah-led opposition groups and pro-government forces in lebanon, according to official figures...the fighting broke out in the capital beirut on wednesday, 7 may, and gradually spread to other parts of the country...amnesty international has called on political leaders in lebanon to clearly instruct their supporters to fully respect human rights and to refrain from recklessly carrying out attacks in heavily-populated areas that endanger civilians uninvolved in the clashes...
further, they must also ensure that any person within their custody is treated humanely and is not subjected to torture or other ill-treatment..
the fighting all seemed to start following government decisions to close down the group's telecommunications network and to dismiss beirut airport's head of security, who was seen as sympathetic to hizbullah...
you see, a 60-year old woman and her 33-year old son were killed attempting to flee the ras al-naba'a area in beirut last friday...their car was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade followed by a salvo of bullets fired by armed men...that's never a good thing...
the same day, two other sons of the same woman were seriously injured when they were shot in the back by a group of armed men in the al-nwairi area in beirut...they were on their way to find out what had happened to their mother and brother...
according to news reports, two civilians were killed at a 10 may funeral procession for a killed pro-government supporter, in tariq al-jdide, beirut...
hizbullah then said on sunday that three of its members had been kidnapped in aley, outside beirut, by members of the pro-government progressive socialist party (psp) and that bodies of two of the men had been found...psp leader walid jumblatt acknowledged that three hizbullah men had been killed and that he would accept responsibility if reports that the men had been tortured before being killed were found to be true...
and so in a statement issued this tuesday, amnesty international called on the lebanese authorities to ensure proper investigations into the killing and any other abuses of those not involved in the armed clashes..
"Political leaders must ensure that anyone within their ranks suspected of having committed human rights abuses is handed over to proper judicial authorities to be investigated and brought to justice in full compliance with international human rights standards."in the statement, amnesty international also urged representatives of arab states to press all parties involved to put an end to all human rights abuses and ensure that the civilian population is spared...the representatives are expected to hold a meeting on the situation in beirut on wednesday...
yikes - what a soap opera with deadly consequences...
peace out <3
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