AUAD v. BULGARIA JUDGMENT
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Palestinian – ANO – risk) Lebanon CG [2008] UKAIT 00047, and
concluded as follows:
“Consideration needs to be given to the level of involvement as a collaborator, who
the claimant worked for, what information the claimant was in a position to give and
their position in that group. In the majority of cases within the refugee camps the
Lebanese authorities would not be able to provide sufficiency of protection. However,
few Palestinian groups have influence outside the refugee camps and the Lebanese
authorities would be in a position to offer sufficiency of protection in the remainder of
the country. However if the claimant is a known Israeli collaborator the Lebanese
authorities might not offer protection. Internal relocation to another camp away from a
particular Palestinian group feared would not be unduly harsh. Therefore in the
majority of cases a grant of asylum or [h]umanitarian [p]rotection would not usually
be appropriate.”
C. United States’ Government Reports
1. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices,
Lebanon, 2010
64. This report, issued on 8 April 2011, noted, inter alia, the following:
“The law does not specifically prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading
treatment or punishment, and there were reports government officials employed such
practices. According to human rights groups – including Amnesty International (AI),
the Lebanese Association for Education and Training (ALEF), and HRW – torture
was common, and security forces abused detainees. Human rights organizations
reported torture occurred in certain police stations, the Ministry of Defense (MOD),
and the ISF’s intelligence branch and Drug Repression Bureau detention facilities in
Beirut and Zahle. ...
Former prisoners, detainees, and reputable local human rights groups reported the
methods of torture and abuse applied included hanging by the wrists tied behind the
back, violent beatings, blows to the soles of the feet, electric shocks, sexual abuse,
immersion in cold water, extended periods of sleep deprivation, being forced to stand
for extended periods, threats of violence against relatives, deprivation of clothing,
withholding of food, being deprived of toilet facilities, and continuous blindfolding.
...
The law provides for freedom of movement within the country, foreign travel,
emigration, and repatriation, and the government generally respected these rights for
citizens but placed limitations on the rights of Palestinian refugees. The government
cooperated with the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
(UNRWA), the UNHCR, and other humanitarian organizations in providing
protection and assistance to internally displaced persons, refugees, returning refugees,
asylum seekers, and other persons of concern.
The government maintained security checkpoints, primarily in military and other
restricted areas. On main roads and in populated areas, security services used a few
police checkpoints to conduct warrantless searches for smuggled goods, weapons,
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