A Family's Justice Journey - Holding Lebanon to Account for the Death of an American, Amer Fakhoury

At times, we are called to do the most extraordinary things at the most challenging moments in life. That is the story of one American family in New Hampshire, the Fakhoury family. In August 2020, the Fakhoury family said goodbye to their beloved, Amer, who died as a result of injuries that he sustained while in the custody of Lebanon's corrupt security services or Lebanon's equivalent of our CIA and FBI wrapped up in one.

During the course of the last two years, the family has set out to find out what happened to Amer, and start their justice journey to ensure that this never happens again to Americans or US nationals who travel abroad to Lebanon or to other nations. The Fakhoury family started a foundation, filed a lawsuit in the District Court of the District of Columbia, and has engaged in other advocacy efforts including with Congress.

Last week the Global Liberty Alliance co-signed an open letter with the Fakhoury Foundation urging U.S. officials to fully enforce the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act in the matter of Amer Fakhoury. 

Further Reading

• The Fakhoury Foundation
• Link to the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act 
• GLA statement; GLA co-signed a letter with the Fakhoury Foundation (Nov. 10, 2022)
• US Treasury, Guidance on Hostages and Wrongfully Detained U.S. Nationals Sanctions 

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