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Syria Bashar al-Assad is gone, but hundreds of Syrians are still being held in Lebanon's infamous Rumia prison. More than 600 inmates have gone on hunger strike for more than 30 days after a controversial general amnesty law aimed at reducing overcrowding was suspended. About 72 were hospitalized in serious condition. The Prisoners' Families Committee says at least seven died from medical neglect or pre-existing illnesses. Among the strikers were Syrians who had been arrested during the country's civil war - some for alleged links to the opposition. Many of them were imprisoned for over a decade without trial. Earlier this year, the new government in Damascus signed an agreement with Beirut to repatriate Syrian prisoners, but this did not include all Syrians. So what comes next for those still in Lebanon?

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Syria Bashar al-Assad is gone, but hundreds of Syrians are still being held in Lebanon's infamous Rumia prison. More than 600 inmates have gone on hunger strike for more than 30 days after a controversial general amnesty law aimed at reducing overcrowding was suspended. About 72 were hospitalized in serious condition. The Prisoners' Families Committee says at least seven died from medical neglect or pre-existing illnesses. Among the strikers were Syrians who had been arrested during the country's civil war - some for alleged links to the opposition. Many of them were imprisoned for over a decade without trial. Earlier this year, the new government in Damascus signed an agreement with Beirut to repatriate Syrian prisoners, but this did not include all Syrians. So what comes next for those still in Lebanon?

Syria Bashar al-Assad is gone, but hundreds of Syrians are still being held in Lebanon's infamous Rumia prison. More than 600 inmates have gone on hunger strike for more than 30 days after a controversial general amnesty law aimed at reducing overcrowding was suspended. About 72 were hospitalized in serious condition. The Prisoners' Families Committee says at least seven died from medical neglect or pre-existing illnesses. Among the strikers were Syrians who had been arrested during the country's civil war - some for alleged links to the opposition. Many of them were imprisoned for over a decade without trial. Earlier this year, the new government in Damascus signed an agreement with Beirut to repatriate Syrian prisoners, but this did not include all Syrians. So what comes next for those still in Lebanon?

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