Rights group: Lebanon imposing curfews on Syrians

By Washington Examiner

Published October 3, 2014 4:02pm ET

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Rights group: Lebanon imposing curfews on Syrians — Families of missing soldiers who were kidnapped by Islamic State militants and the Al-Nusra front, chant slogans as they hold portraits of Lebanese soldier Saif Thebian, during a demonstration to demand action to secure the captives release, in front the Lebanese government building, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Militants, including from the Islamic State extremist group, seized around 30 soldiers and policemen after overrunning a Lebanese border town in early August. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) | Bilal Hussein

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese towns and villages increasingly impose curfews on Syrian refugees in the country, restricting their movements, an international human rights group said Friday.

Human Rights Watch said the curfews “contribute to a climate of discriminatory and retaliatory practices against them.” The New York-based group said in a statement that it has identified at least 45 towns and villages across Lebanon that have imposed such curfews.

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