Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has revealed that his country’s prisoners are overcrowded by 300 per cent, and 75 per cent of inmates are not convicted, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. “We demand a reduction in all penalties, and we are studying the proposal from a legal point of view with the Minister of Justice and with the presidency of the government to find a solution to overcrowding,” Mawlawi shared. The number of inmates inside Lebanese jails, according to MP Ashraf Rifi, has reached 9,500, noting it was “worrying” when the number reached 4,000 when he was chief of the security services. Amidst the dwindling living standards in the country, which is suffering a severe economic crisis, families of the […]
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