At 16:30 Beirut Time On Tuesday the 7th of May 2002, the Engineer Ramzi Albert Irani was kidnapped in the middle of the very busy “Hamra” Street in Beirut and disappeared since without leaving a trace. He was on his way home to celebrate with his family the birthday of his 5 year old daughter.

Mr. Irani is well known as the student representative of the Lebanese Forces Students’ organization in the Lebanese University in Beirut. He has been very active over the past decade in many peaceful student activities and graduated as an engineer. He became very active in the Engineer’s Union in Lebanon where he was instrumental in defeating the Regime’s and Hezbollah’s candidates in the last union elections…

Whilst, despite great objections, the Intelligence Services in Lebanon were always boasting about Security and Civil Peace justifying their military practices as necessary and indispensable to maintain order even at the price of denying essential Freedoms and Human Rights, this new practice of faceless kidnapping coupled with an official position of total unawareness of the victim’s fate opens once again the painful chapters of war and conflict within Lebanon. With the presence of Syrian Intelligence Services, Hezbollah, and many Lebanese Intelligence Services, the apparent acts of innocence and “good will” portrayed by the Regime and the Judiciary are very hard to swallow and we find ourselves today lacking in our Security whilst at the same time suffering military dictatorship...

On May 20, 2002, Our Martyr, Ramzi Irani was found in the trunk of his own car killed after he was tortured. Ramzy Irani, was assassinated because he believed in the freedom of Lebanon. We hold the Lebanese Government responsible for this terrorist act and hope they will be brought to justice as soon as possible.

His Death Will Not Go In Vain
We Promise