Monday, May 04, 2009

The disappearance of Nawar Abboud

Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hajj Hassan, the leader of the Free Shiite Movement and Rolf Ohler, member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) have met for discussions concerning the Nawar Abboud issue.

The first speaker was Sheikh Al-Hajj Hassan who said:

“It has been four months since Syrian citizen Nawar Abboud’s disappearance when he was arrested by the Lebanese Army intelligence in Tripoli on December 24, 2008 and his whereabouts are still unknown. According to the available information, Abboud was possibly delivered over to the Syrian intelligence.

What crime did this man commit to deserve punishment in the form of forced disappearance?”

Mr. Rolf Ohler, member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) said:

“We strongly condemn the disappearance of the Syrian opposition member Nawar Abboud, of the United National Assembly, and call on the Lebanese authorities to uncover the circumstances of this crime. We have been provided with information by Sheikh Al-Hajj Hassan and others in this regard, and we will submit it to the European Union and international organizations in an attempt to uncover Abboud’s whereabouts, return him to his family and friends, and have the criminals punished.”

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