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Sami Gemayel: The Syrian Embassy Kidnaps Opposition Members in Lebanon
[An Nahar] Lebanese police have information implicating Damascus
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' embassy in Beirut in the disappearance of a Syrian opposition figure last seen in May, an MP Sami Gemayel said on Wednesday.

Police chief Ashraf Rifi told a parliamentary committee on human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
 that he had collected "dangerous information" pointing to the embassy in the disappearance of Shebli al-Aysami, Gemayel told Agence La Belle France Presse.

Rifi "provided dangerous information concerning the implication of the Syrian embassy in the kidnapping of Shebli Aysami," Gemayel told AFP.

Aysami's daughter, who attended the meeting in parliament, also confirmed the news.

"According to Rifi's investigations, information clearly points to the Syrian embassy in my father's disappearance," Raja Sharafeddine told AFP.

Syria's ambassador to Leb could not immediately be reached for comment.

Aysami, 86, is a co-founder of Syria's ruling Baath party but decamped his native Syria in 1966 over political differences with the group. He was last seen in the eastern Lebanese region of Aley.

Amnesia Amnesty International on October 3 said Syrian authorities were cracking down on activists and opposition figures in eight countries, but did not include Leb on the list.


Posted by: Fred 2011-10-13
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