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Beirut port explosion: Why Isn’t France pressing for an international investigation?

Family members of the Beirut port blast victims, as well as NGOs, are pleading for an international commission of inquiry into the explosion. But the UN Human Rights Council’s member states are turning away.

Beirut port explosion: Why Isn’t France pressing for an international investigation?

Protestors on Aug. 4, 2022 march towards the French embassy in Beirut, where they reiterated demands an international investigation into the port blast. (Credit: L'Orient Today/João Sousa)

Two days after the Beirut port explosion, French President Emmanuel Macron stood in the wounded streets of Gemmayzeh and said what a population in shock wanted to hear.“An international, open and transparent probe is needed to prevent things from...
Two days after the Beirut port explosion, French President Emmanuel Macron stood in the wounded streets of Gemmayzeh and said what a population in shock wanted to hear.“An international, open and transparent probe is needed to prevent things from...