Investigating judge Tarek Bitar. (Credit: L'Orient-Le Jour archive photo)
The legal battle against the investigative judge at the Court of Justice, Tarek Bitar, in charge of the probe into the double explosion at the Beirut port, continues. Ali Hassan Khalil, a former minister and MP from the Amal movement, filed an appeal on Monday against a decision by ad hoc judge Habib Rizkallah to end proceedings in an abuse of power case against Judge Bitar.In his ruling, Rizkallah concluded with a dismissal, ruling that Bitar would not be prosecuted. On behalf of victims families 'Do you want us to resume our protests?': Relatives of Aug. 4 victims His decision was based on the fact that the former prosecutor had recused himself from the port dossier (due to his kinship with Ghazi Zeaiter, an MP and former minister also implicated), and therefore did not have the "legal standing" to prosecute Judge...
The legal battle against the investigative judge at the Court of Justice, Tarek Bitar, in charge of the probe into the double explosion at the Beirut port, continues. Ali Hassan Khalil, a former minister and MP from the Amal movement, filed an appeal on Monday against a decision by ad hoc judge Habib Rizkallah to end proceedings in an abuse of power case against Judge Bitar.In his ruling, Rizkallah concluded with a dismissal, ruling that Bitar would not be prosecuted. On behalf of victims families 'Do you want us to resume our protests?': Relatives of Aug. 4 victims His decision was based on the fact that the former prosecutor had recused himself from the port dossier (due to his kinship with Ghazi Zeaiter, an MP and former minister also implicated), and therefore did not have the "legal standing" to prosecute Judge...
