Interior and Municipalities Minister Raya al-Hassan stressed that the investigations conducted by the Information branch and the Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces do not target any sect or factions.
Following her meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara Broutros Rai in Diman, the minister declared that she handed Rai reports stating that the detainees are not being subjected to any form of torture.
"The security apparatuses must operate independently of politics for Lebanon's reputation," she concluded.