New fire yesterday at the wheat silos at the port of Beirut. (Credit: Richard Salame/L'Orient Today)
In a country where justice follows its normal course, the judge goes to his office to work on his cases so that he can quickly identify the circumstances and people involved in the cases he has to deal with. In Lebanon, this is not the case.More than six months after he was forced to suspend his investigation into the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion — due to judicial ambushes, particularly by politicians called for questioning in the tragic case — investigating Judge Tarek Bitar went Friday to his office at the Beirut Justice Palace, where he was informed of a 34th legal complaint lodged against him in late June.
It was a recusal request brought forward by Customs chief Badri Daher, which the third chamber of the Court of Cassation, chaired by Suheir Harake, will be in charge of.
Arrested a few days after the disaster, Daher, who is...
It was a recusal request brought forward by Customs chief Badri Daher, which the third chamber of the Court of Cassation, chaired by Suheir Harake, will be in charge of.
Arrested a few days after the disaster, Daher, who is...
In a country where justice follows its normal course, the judge goes to his office to work on his cases so that he can quickly identify the circumstances and people involved in the cases he has to deal with. In Lebanon, this is not the case.More than six months after he was forced to suspend his investigation into the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion — due to judicial ambushes, particularly by politicians called for questioning in the tragic case — investigating Judge Tarek Bitar went Friday to his office at the Beirut Justice Palace, where he was informed of a 34th legal complaint lodged against him in late June.
It was a recusal request brought forward by Customs chief Badri Daher, which the third chamber of the Court of Cassation, chaired by Suheir Harake, will be in charge of.
Arrested a few days after the disaster, Daher,...
It was a recusal request brought forward by Customs chief Badri Daher, which the third chamber of the Court of Cassation, chaired by Suheir Harake, will be in charge of.
Arrested a few days after the disaster, Daher,...
