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Radwan Mortada wrote in “Al-Akhbar”: So far 280 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Roumieh Central Prison, including 199 in Building B, which is notoriously a detention center for terrorist prisoners. While six of the prisoners were transferred to hospitals in critical condition, a state of panic and panic reigned in all prison wards, while the prisoners did not lack the means to convey their cry to those affected, sometimes arousing the sympathy and sympathy of officials, and at other times the threat of escalation. In this context, security sources expressed their fear that things would get out of order and turn into bloody confrontations in the event that the prisoners carry out a revolt today, with the expiration of the term granted to the government to grant them an amnesty. general. What will the expected escalation be like?
Hussein Harb, a prisoner who complains that his trial has been delayed for many months, told Al-Akhbar that “enough is enough. The deadline has expired and another kind of confrontation will begin.” Harb is one of the prisoners who appeared in more than one video, finally in front of dozens of prisoners, asking for a general amnesty. He, like many prisoners who have lost hope, believes that there is nothing to lose. So, in the virus outbreak, they found an opportunity in prison to save them.
The inmates of the largest prison in Lebanon live by the rumors, and any news that comes from behind the prison walls: “Have you heard anything about the general amnesty?” A question that is repeated with each call that is received from inside the prison. As for the rumors, it happened without shame; The panic experienced by a large number of prisoners over the spread of the deadly virus made the prison a fertile ground for rumors about the death of prisoners as a result of their infection, exacerbating the situation.
At a time when the burden falls on the prison administration, the Ministry of Justice washes its hands of any responsibility, and throws the ball into the courtyard of the Presidency of the Republic and to Parliament, indicating that the special pardon is in the hands of the President of the Republic, who rejects it to this day, while the general pardon before Parliament! However, this does not remove the responsibility of judges for the lives of prisoners due to their delay in trials and their dismissal of requests for release by officers of thousands of prisoners. It should be noted that the Code of Civil Procedure requires a judge to visit the prison on a monthly basis, but none of them visit it for the spread of Corona, while they do not care about the lives of thousands of prisoners who are threatened by the deadly virus.
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