The following men Ahmad Abu Ghosh,Wisam al-‘Umar,Sa’id Minawi, Mumtaz Minawi, ‘Azzam ‘Amer, Muhammad Khaled, ‘Abd al-Mun’im Za’rur, Fadi Taybah, ‘Umar al-Rifa’i, Ahmad al-Darj, and at least nine others have been on hunger strike for more than three weeks at Rumieh Prison in the capital Beirut. They have allegedly been tortured, ill-treated and are being tried before the Justice Council, whose procedures fall short of international standards for fair trial.
