‘Hostage in Lebanon’: New Hampshire family recounts father’s detainment, torture in new book

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‘Hostage in Lebanon’: New Hampshire family recounts father’s detainment, torture in new book
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Guila and Zoya Fakhoury, the daughters of late New Hampshire businessman Amer Fakhoury, spoke with Fox News Digital about the release of their book.

The family of Amer Fakhoury has spent the past four years pursuing justice and seeking accountability for his death after he passed away from stage 4 cancer in 2020, months after he was freed from prison in Lebanon.

His family says the Lebanese government published a list in 2016 indicating that Fakhoury had no outstanding charges prior to his 2019 detainment, and a 2018 amnesty placed their father on a list of SLA members not associated with running Khiam prison. While Fakhoury was detained in Beirut, he was forced to sign a paper saying he held Israeli citizenship and was an Israeli spy, both baseless accusations, according to his family. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.

The book is available on the foundation’s website.

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