Read daily most of up to dated on Middle East Lebanon News Human Rights/Development.http://www.trcb.com/en-Us60Sat, 26 May 2012 11:05:42 ESTCopyright 2012 Electronic Lebanon, TRCB.com All Right Reservedhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/lebanese-army-encircling-baddawi-refugee-camp-24989.htmThe relationship between the Lebanese government and the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon is changing. The process of redefining the old relationship began explosively with the battle and subsequent demolition of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, near Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:39:29 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/lebanese-army-encircling-baddawi-refugee-camp-24989.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/lebanese-army-encircling-baddawi-refugee-camp-24987.htmBaddawi refugee camp, 2007. (Marcy Newman) The relationship between the Lebanese government and the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon is changing. The process of redefining the old Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:39:29 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/lebanese-army-encircling-baddawi-refugee-camp-24987.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/documentary-nahr-al-bared-checkpoints-and-more-24341.htmNahr al-Bared refugee camp has still not recovered from the devastating war in 2007 during which it was destroyed. The Lebanese army has been keeping a tight grip on the camp and the 20,000 displaced Palestinians who have returned so far. This 30-minute Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:10:27 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/documentary-nahr-al-bared-checkpoints-and-more-24341.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/documentary-nahr-al-bared-checkpoints-and-more-24339.htmPart 1: Part 2: Part 3: Nahr al-Bared refugee camp has still not recovered from the devastating war in 2007 during which it was destroyed. The Lebanese army has been keeping a tight grip on the camp and the 20,000 displaced Palestinians Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:10:27 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/documentary-nahr-al-bared-checkpoints-and-more-24339.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/lebanon-tightens-control-over-palestinian-refugee-camps-21083.htmNAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (IPS) - Recent inter-factional clashes in Lebanon's Ein al-Hilwe refugee camp once more illustrated the fragile security situation in some of its Palestinian camps. Lebanese plans to take over security within the camps are Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:11:57 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/lebanon-tightens-control-over-palestinian-refugee-camps-21083.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/lebanon-tightens-control-over-palestinian-refugee-camps-21082.htmNAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (IPS) - Recent inter-factional clashes in Lebanon's Ein al-Hilwe refugee camp once more illustrated the fragile security situation in some of its Palestinian camps. Lebanese plans to take over security within the camps are Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:11:57 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/lebanon-tightens-control-over-palestinian-refugee-camps-21082.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bareds-economic-recovery-hampered-by-military-siege-21020.htmMore than two years after the end of the fighting, the war-torn Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, located in northern Lebanon, is far from the model the Lebanese government has promised the camp would become. Instead, reconstruction of the camp Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:39:12 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bareds-economic-recovery-hampered-by-military-siege-21020.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bareds-economic-recovery-hampered-by-military-siege-21014.htmNahr al-Bared camp still in ruins, more than two years after the fighting ended. More than two years after the end of the fighting, the war-torn Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, located Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:39:12 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bareds-economic-recovery-hampered-by-military-siege-21014.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/us-governments-hard-line-on-hizballah-clashes-with-political-20087.htmWASHINGTON (IPS) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman visited Washington last week, for his first visit with President Barack Obama. The meeting was a quick one, tucked in amongst the myriad of domestic issues that are demanding Obama's attention. Yet Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:22:28 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/us-governments-hard-line-on-hizballah-clashes-with-political-20087.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/us-governments-hard-line-on-hizballah-clashes-with-political-20086.htmWASHINGTON (IPS) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman visited Washington last week, for his first visit with President Barack Obama. The meeting was a quick one, tucked in amongst the myriad of domestic issues that are demanding Obama's attention. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:22:28 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/us-governments-hard-line-on-hizballah-clashes-with-political-20086.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/refugees-remain-skeptical-of-nahr-al-bared-reconstruction-18939.htmNAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (IPS) - More than two years after their refugee camp was destroyed in a war between the Lebanese army and the Islamist militant group Fatah al-Islam, Nahr al-Bared refugees Wednesday witnessed the start of the camp's Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:53:41 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/refugees-remain-skeptical-of-nahr-al-bared-reconstruction-18939.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/refugees-remain-skeptical-of-nahr-al-bared-reconstruction-18938.htmReconstruction begins at Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in Lebanon. (Ray NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (IPS) - More than two years after their refugee camp was destroyed in a war between the Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:53:41 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/refugees-remain-skeptical-of-nahr-al-bared-reconstruction-18938.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bared-reconstruction-delays-protested-16647.htmSince the end of August, construction equipment in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, has stood unused after the Lebanese State Council granted a two month moratorium for the reconstruction of the Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:16:18 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bared-reconstruction-delays-protested-16647.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bared-reconstruction-delays-protested-16646.htmPalestinians from Nahr al-Bared and their Lebanese supporters protest the halt to reconstruction, Tripoli, north Lebanon (August 2009). (Matthew Cassel) Since the end of August, construction Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:16:18 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bared-reconstruction-delays-protested-16646.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/shebaa-farms-real-issue-is-water-15786.htmBEIRUT (IRIN) - The politics of the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms, a rugged sliver of mountainside wedged between Lebanon, Israel and Syria, have long overshadowed what some Lebanese environmentalists call "the real issue" of the disputed area: its water Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:32:50 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/shebaa-farms-real-issue-is-water-15786.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/shebaa-farms-real-issue-is-water-15763.htmBEIRUT (IRIN) - The politics of the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms, a rugged sliver of mountainside wedged between Lebanon, Israel and Syria, have long overshadowed what some Lebanese environmentalists call "the real issue" of the disputed area: its water Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:32:50 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/shebaa-farms-real-issue-is-water-15763.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bared-a-test-case-for-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-15037.htmDestroyed homes around Nahr al-Bared remain sealed off. (a-films) NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (IPS) - Palestinian refugees at Nahr al-Bared in north Lebanon are living under tight military siege two Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:56:07 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bared-a-test-case-for-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-15037.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bared-a-test-case-for-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-15033.htmNAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (IPS) - Palestinian refugees at Nahr al-Bared in north Lebanon are living under tight military siege two years after a war destroyed the refugee camp. It has now become a test case for a new approach in Lebanon's security policy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:56:07 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bared-a-test-case-for-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-15033.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/two-years-later-reconstruction-to-start-in-nahr-al-bared-14635.htmDespite the removal of 90 percent of the rubble from the destruction of Nahr al-Bared, two years on from the conflict, reconstruction in the official camp has yet to begin. (Hugh NAHR AL-BARED Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:55:31 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/two-years-later-reconstruction-to-start-in-nahr-al-bared-14635.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/two-years-later-reconstruction-to-start-in-nahr-al-bared-14631.htmNAHR AL-BARED (IRIN) - Two years on from the devastating battle which destroyed their homes and livelihoods, Palestinian refugees from Nahr al-Bared are set to see reconstruction work begin inside the camp's official boundaries. Despite a resilient Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:55:31 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/two-years-later-reconstruction-to-start-in-nahr-al-bared-14631.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/no-law-for-detained-palestinians-13723.htmBEIRUT (IPS) - Palestinian refugee Youssef Shaaban was released from prison early this month -- after serving 16 years in a Lebanese prison for a crime he did not commit. Shaaban was convicted by Lebanon's Justice Council in October 1994 on charge of Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:28:16 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/no-law-for-detained-palestinians-13723.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/no-law-for-detained-palestinians-13721.htmBEIRUT (IPS) - Palestinian refugee Youssef Shaaban was released from prison early this month -- after serving 16 years in a Lebanese prison for a crime he did not commit. Shaaban was convicted by Lebanon's Justice Council in October 1994 on charge of Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:28:16 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/no-law-for-detained-palestinians-13721.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/video-nahr-al-bared-two-years-under-siege-11977.htmTwo years after it was destroyed in the wake of fighting between the Lebanese army and a militant group, the fate of the Palestinian refugee camp, Nahr al-Bared remains unclear. This 10-minute film, the co-owner of an ice cream factory, the president of Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:27:57 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/video-nahr-al-bared-two-years-under-siege-11977.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/video-nahr-al-bared-two-years-under-siege-11976.htmTwo years after it was destroyed in the wake of fighting between the Lebanese army and a militant group, the fate of the Palestinian refugee camp, Nahr al-Bared remains unclear. Reconstruction of the official camp may start soon, but so far this has been Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:27:57 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/human-rightsdevelopment/video-nahr-al-bared-two-years-under-siege-11976.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Human Rights/Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bareds-future-remains-unclear-as-army-holds-on-to-11645.htmThe three-month-long war between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in northern Lebanon ended on 2 September 2007. While the Lebanese army has allowed displaced residents to return to some Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:48:26 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/human-rightsdevelopment/nahr-al-bareds-future-remains-unclear-as-army-holds-on-to-11645.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Human Rights/Development