Lebanon

MEDC’s work on Lebanon covers topics such as governance, corruption, civil society, and U.S. assistance.

Featured Publications

Jun 2025

Event Highlight

Digital Dictators: Confronting Authoritarian Narratives in the MENA Region

Mar 2025

Statement

In Solidarity with Daraj and Megaphone Amid a Coordinated Campaign in Lebanon

Mar 2025

Event Highlight

Event Highlights: "Upending Soft Power: The Human Cost of U.S. Funding Cuts in the MENA Region"

Jan 2025

Statement

Joint Statement: Human Rights Groups Urge Disclosure of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi's Fate, Demand His Release and Call for Accountability

Jan 2025

Statement

Joint Statement Demanding Lebanese Authorities to Immediately Release Poet Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi

Letters and Statements

Jan 2025

Joint Letter Calls for Urgent Congressional Action to Prevent Extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi

Apr 2023

Joint Statement – Global Legal and Rule of Law Community Stands in Solidarity with Lebanese Lawyer Nizar Saghieh

Jun 2021

Joint Letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast

MEDC in the News

“The U.S. supporting proxy forces in Lebanon is part of a decades-long, overly militarized policy towards the Middle East that has ignored the root causes of the region’s turmoil and struggles and not brought the peace or stability Americans have been promised.”

The Intercept

, 10/24/2023

Seth Binder

“It’s hard to see how [Lebanon] can absorb any more [refugees]… It really does make the absence of an off-ramp to these conflicts and the return of refugees a ticking time bomb.”