Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Human rights in Lebanon refers to the state of human rights in Lebanon, which have been considered to be on par with global standards, lately. However, human rights organizations say that security forces abuse detainees and sometimes use torture, but that's not practiced against any political prisoner, as political prisoners do not exist because of Lebanon's Democratic nature. Some Criminals and Terrorists are said to be detained without charge for both short and long periods of time. Freedom of speech and of the press are ensured to the citizens by the Lebanese laws which protect the freedom of each citizen. Palestinians living in Lebanon are heavily deprived of basic civil rights. They cannot own homes or land, and are barred from becoming lawyers, engineers and doctors. However the Lebanese Government has reduced the number of restricted jobs recently and created a national dialogue committee for the issue. When the Arab Spring arrived, Lebanon was the only country that no deaths during protests which showed that the country had the most peaceful security forces in the region.In January 2015, the Economist Intelligence Unit, released a report stating that Lebanon ranked the 2nd in Middle East and 98th out of 167 countries worldwide for Democracy Index 2014, the report, which ranks countries according to election processes, pluralism, government functions, political participation, political cultures and fundamental freedoms."@en }
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- Human_rights_in_Lebanon abstract "Human rights in Lebanon refers to the state of human rights in Lebanon, which have been considered to be on par with global standards, lately. However, human rights organizations say that security forces abuse detainees and sometimes use torture, but that's not practiced against any political prisoner, as political prisoners do not exist because of Lebanon's Democratic nature. Some Criminals and Terrorists are said to be detained without charge for both short and long periods of time. Freedom of speech and of the press are ensured to the citizens by the Lebanese laws which protect the freedom of each citizen. Palestinians living in Lebanon are heavily deprived of basic civil rights. They cannot own homes or land, and are barred from becoming lawyers, engineers and doctors. However the Lebanese Government has reduced the number of restricted jobs recently and created a national dialogue committee for the issue. When the Arab Spring arrived, Lebanon was the only country that no deaths during protests which showed that the country had the most peaceful security forces in the region.In January 2015, the Economist Intelligence Unit, released a report stating that Lebanon ranked the 2nd in Middle East and 98th out of 167 countries worldwide for Democracy Index 2014, the report, which ranks countries according to election processes, pluralism, government functions, political participation, political cultures and fundamental freedoms.".