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Issued by the General Directorate of Internal Security Forces – Public Relations Division
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After the dissemination of videos on social networks and the media in which members of the Internal Security Forces seem to chain a trained lawyer, and the subsequent poorly considered reactions, it is important that the General Directorate clarifies the following:
First: The prestige of the element of the internal security forces is one of the prestige of the country, and whoever does not respect it in the fulfillment of their duty to apply the law, is offending the country and the law.
Second: The members of the institution work intensely and continuously, without tirelessness, throughout the Lebanese territory to ensure the safety of citizens and protect their property, especially in these difficult times that the country is going through. Therefore, the role of the element is the true embodiment of security.
Third: when the member of the internal security forces fulfills his functions, he implements the law that no one has supremacy over him, and all immunities, no matter how high his status, fall before him, so he must be prosecuted whoever opposes the work of the internal security forces.
Fourth: The lawyer in practice, subject of the circulating video, did not comply with the decision issued by the Minister of the Interior and Municipalities on the “singular and permissible” clause -especially because the lawyers do not apply any exceptions to those mentioned in the decision – and upon arriving at the checkpoint, he objected to the organization of a report. You have the right to violate this decision – knowing that you were not obliged to wear a muzzle despite the presence of another person in your car accompanying you – and then get out of your car and attack the traffic element with insults and insults, which resulted in a verbal altercation between them, and then the graduate attorney struck and pushed the officer back by force. He takes a step back, and one of the passing vehicles almost runs him over – it is shown in the attached video, which we make available to the public – and soon he returned to his car, then the officer insisted on clearing the papers from the vehicle , after he refused to do so, and a seizure report was organized against him for the violation of non-transfer. Vehicle driver’s license, which requires detention. And when he refused to obey and objected to moving him with a tow truck and getting out of the car – after asking him several times and with respect, as shown by one of the clips that some tried to delete from the video posted on social media – the Officers were forced to forcibly remove him from the car and handcuff him despite his constant resistance to shackling and insulting them.
Fifth: This method of chaining adopted by the elements is legal and correct, since it arose as a result of the resistance of the security men, and is adopted in all countries when someone tries to attack the security men or refuses to comply with them. . Upon the arrival of the trained lawyer to the platoon, his handcuffs were removed and he was received in a dignified manner in the office of one of the platoon’s officers, pending an investigation.
Sixth: Al-Hariri, a trained lawyer, with sufficient knowledge of the laws, regulations and decisions, had to receive the seizure report and object to the competent judicial authorities or file a complaint about any behavior that he considers unfair to his right, such as any citizen has the right according to the law. However, the interested attorney preferred to adopt the confrontation and violate the law, exposing the elements that comply with their duty to protect citizens, for which we had to submit it to an investigation under the supervision of the competent Judicial Power, but this has not happened and everyone knows why and we will not increase today.
Seventh: The President of the Bar Association, in particular, knows and is aware of the extent of the cooperation of the internal security forces with the lawyers in terms of fully responding to all that was asked when they were sent by the Bar Association to confront detainees in all cases of previous arrests.
The Director General of the Security Forces has always affirmed his commitment to human rights and their defense. He will always be willing to implement the laws and regulations in force, and will remind the public that his elements will be aware of anyone who wants to undermine their safety and health, and asks them not to get involved in rumors, false news or images and videos that show the truth or part of it, and that obtain correct information from their source.
Clarifying the truth about what happened to one of the attorneys trainees at Checkpoint for #Security forces https://t.co/5kPA6sNC3r pic.twitter.com/tfQDuhXJvF
Internal Security Forces (@LebISF) November 26, 2020
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