Lebanon has detained a senior member of a disbanded Israel-backed militia, a judicial source said Thursday, after his return to the country sparked widespread condemnation and revived accusations of torture.
Lebanon's military court had ordered the arrest of Amer al-Fakhoury, a former member of the pro-Israel South
Lebanon Army (SLA) militia and a senior warden in the notorious SLA-run Khiyam prison, the source said.
Another security source said the former SLA member had fled to the
United States and had already been charged in absentia to 15 years in
prison for collaborating with Israel.