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More human rights voices ignored by the UN, this time in Lebanon. "A local human rights organization is alleging that the case of Faisal Moqalled, convicted for collaborating with Israel in 2009, was a fabrication of Hezbollah and Lebanese Army Intelligence, a charge denied by the military. The group made the claims Thursday in a report which assessed the body of evidence compiled against Moqalled after carrying out its own investigation. The case of Moqalled, the group maintained, illustrated the consequences of arbitrary detention and torture, which, according to the Lebanese Center for Human Rights, affected the majority of people in 2011 and 2012. 'We have been hearing about [forced confessions under torture] for 30 years. If he hadn't done anything, he wouldn't have confessed,' a spokesperson for the Lebanese Army told The Daily Star."