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Syrian opposition activist and researcher Sheikh Jumaa Lehib was handed a deportation order on Wednesday, 6 February, from Lebanon to Syria amid a more significant crackdown on Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Lehib is an opposition activist who was arrested in Syria during the country’s 2011 revolution and is currently the head researcher with the opposition party Syrian Future Movement. He was given an order to return to Syria by 6 April by Lebanese General Security when he went to renew his residency, despite his registered status with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Activists and human rights mo…