Published : 13-04-2021
A number of Palestinian refugees who launched calls for urgent humanitarian assistance were assaulted outside of the Palestine Embassy in Beirut.
In a live footage circulated on social media networks, a man called Atallah and affiliated with Fatah Movement appears to attack a Palestinian refugee woman displaced from Syria’s Yarmouk Camp.
Last week, representatives of Fatah Movement in Lebanon called for canceling a vigil by Palestinian refugees from Syria outside of the Palestine Embassy in Beirut to push for humanitarian asylum and urgent relief assistance.
On Wednesday, March 31, Fatah security forces deployed in Ein AlHilweh refugee camp, south of Lebanon, arrested three Palestinian activists from Syria, after they launched calls for a vigil outside of the Palestine Embassy in Beirut to urge the Palestinian Authority to assume its responsibilities regarding vulnerable families.
The three Palestinians were subjected to intensive questioning and harassment at a Fatah-run site in the camp. Two of the arrestees were released hours later. The other was released the following day.
Over 470,000 refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon. About 45 per cent of them live in the country’s 12 refugee camps. Conditions in the camps are dire and characterized by overcrowding, poor housing conditions, unemployment, poverty and lack of access to justice.
Palestinians in Lebanon do not enjoy several important rights; for example, they cannot work in many professions and cannot own property (real estate). Because they are not formally citizens of another state, Palestine refugees are unable to claim the same rights as other foreigners living and working in Lebanon.
A number of Palestinian refugees who launched calls for urgent humanitarian assistance were assaulted outside of the Palestine Embassy in Beirut.
In a live footage circulated on social media networks, a man called Atallah and affiliated with Fatah Movement appears to attack a Palestinian refugee woman displaced from Syria’s Yarmouk Camp.
Last week, representatives of Fatah Movement in Lebanon called for canceling a vigil by Palestinian refugees from Syria outside of the Palestine Embassy in Beirut to push for humanitarian asylum and urgent relief assistance.
On Wednesday, March 31, Fatah security forces deployed in Ein AlHilweh refugee camp, south of Lebanon, arrested three Palestinian activists from Syria, after they launched calls for a vigil outside of the Palestine Embassy in Beirut to urge the Palestinian Authority to assume its responsibilities regarding vulnerable families.
The three Palestinians were subjected to intensive questioning and harassment at a Fatah-run site in the camp. Two of the arrestees were released hours later. The other was released the following day.
Over 470,000 refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon. About 45 per cent of them live in the country’s 12 refugee camps. Conditions in the camps are dire and characterized by overcrowding, poor housing conditions, unemployment, poverty and lack of access to justice.
Palestinians in Lebanon do not enjoy several important rights; for example, they cannot work in many professions and cannot own property (real estate). Because they are not formally citizens of another state, Palestine refugees are unable to claim the same rights as other foreigners living and working in Lebanon.
