{"id":36209,"date":"2019-03-19T07:23:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T07:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=36209"},"modified":"2019-03-19T07:23:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T07:23:18","slug":"jumblatt-expresses-concern-over-torture-of-syrian-refugees-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=36209","title":{"rendered":"Jumblatt expresses concern over torture of Syrian refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nBEIRUT:\u00a0Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt has expressed concern about reports that Syrian refugees returning to their country from Lebanon face torture and murder.<\/p>\n

\nThis coincides with a debate in Lebanon about whether Syrian refugees should return without waiting for a political solution to the conflict in their country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nUN Special Coordinator Jan Kubis stressed after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Monday the \u201curgent need to ensure the safe, voluntary and dignified return of Syrian refugees home, according to international humanitarian norms.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nKubis added: \u201cThe UN and the humanitarian community will continue to facilitate these returns as much as possible. Another very important message was also to support the host communities here in Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nMireille Girard, representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Monday said: \u201cThe reconstruction process in Syria may not be enough to attract refugees to return. We are working to identify the reasons that will help them to return.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nShe added: \u201cThe arrival of aid to the refugees is an element of trust that helps them to return. Their dignity and peaceful living must be ensured.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nSocial Affairs Minister Richard Kouyoumdjian said the Lebanese General Security \u201cissued lists containing the names of refugees wishing to return to their homes, but the Syrian regime accepted only about 20 percent of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHe added: \u201cThe solution is to call on the international community to put pressure on Russia, so that Moscow can exert pressure on (Syrian President) Bashar Assad\u2019s regime to show goodwill and invite Syrian refugees to return to their land without conditions, procedures, obstacles and laws that steal property and land from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nLebanese Education Minister Akram Chehayeb said: \u201cThe problem is not reconstruction and infrastructure, nor the economic and social situation. The main obstacle is the climate of fear and injustice in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHe added: \u201cThere are 215,000 Syrian students enrolled in public education in Lebanon, 60,000 in private education, and there are informal education programs for those who have not yet attended school to accommodate all children under the age of 18.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nChehayeb said: \u201cAs long as the displacement crisis continues, and as long as the (Assad) regime\u2019s decision to prevent the (refugees\u2019) return stands \u2026 work must continue to absorb the children of displaced Syrians who are outside education to protect Lebanon today and Syria in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEIRUT:\u00a0Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt has expressed concern about reports that Syrian refugees returning to their country from Lebanon face torture and murder. This coincides with a debate in Lebanon about whether Syrian refugees should return without waiting for a political solution to the conflict in their country.\u00a0 UN Special Coordinator Jan Kubis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}