THE
LEBANESE CANADIAN
COORDINATING COUNCIL (LCCC)
E.Mail
lccc@10452lccc.comDear Fellow Lebanese in occupied
Lebanon and Diaspora
Toni Orion an active member of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) in Lebanon was unlawfully
arrested on August 5th 2001 alongside with his colleagues Toni Harb, and Maroun Nassif for
distributing an edition of the Lebanese Bulletin that already published on tens of
website locations and numerous Lebanese local newspapers. The article in question written
by Lebanon's PM, in exile General Michel Aoun was also aired on some Lebanese TV stations.
Toni Orion’s and his colleagues were sentenced to 45 days in jail, which fall in
direct violation of their constitutional rights according to articles 8 and 14 of the
Lebanese constitution, and articles 224, 225 of the penal code.
In addition to the articles stipulated in the International Covenant on Civil and
political rights Toni Orion has officially declared a hunger strike as of last
Saturday. He is demanding the following.
1-All illegally arrested and sentenced in the last campaign should be revoked since it was
done in direct violation of their basic human rights.
2- The Central Security Council should go back on its decisions that violate the very
basic human rights.
3- The Lebanese authorities should immediately arrest and prosecute those responsible for
the latest crackdown campaign.
It is our intention to let the whole world know about Toni Orion and his love for Freedom
and Lebanon. It is our hope that the free world takes a stand against all violation
of human rights against innocent civilians whom ever they are. The puppet Beirut
regimes in Lebanon and its Syrian proxy have no respect for the basic human rights or
freedom. Their only aim is to kill any democratic process in Lebanon and push the country
into a totalitarian regime as the one in Syria.
We urge you to
stand up for freedom and democracy in Lebanon and suggest these steps:
Call the MP in
the country where you live, update him/her on the current oppressive status quo imposed on
Lebanon.
Write to the local newspapers and other media means...provide them with information about
Tony's case.
Write to His Holiness the Pope and to His Beatitude Patriarch Sfier...demand their
immediate interference for Tony's release.
Write to Human Rights organizations, Amnesty international Human Rights Watch, Red Cross
etc
Write to the Churches in the city where you reside.
Write to President Bush and President Chirac of France
Do all what you can to support this Lebanese hero who is fighting for your dignity and
honor.
Yours truly,
George Khoury
Lccc Foreign Affairs Chairman.
Addresses
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Patriarch Sfier
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