A gathering on Aug. 4, 2023, in front of the silos at the port of Beirut. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
On the sixth anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion, NGOs Kulluna Irada, Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Seeds for Legal Initiative platform, and the Committee of Victims' Families held a conference Monday at the Gabriel Hotel in Achrafieh under the title, "Where does justice stand?" Justice Minister Adel Nassar, the first speaker, said that, according to the information available to him, the Court of Cassation prosecutor's office is expected to issue its indictment "within 60 to 90 days." He said the prosecutor's office is handling the case file submitted by investigating Judge Tarek Bitar "with insistence and seriousness." Rejecting any suggestion that the process was being deliberately slowed, Nassar said the lengthy proceedings stemmed from dysfunctions that predated the current...
On the sixth anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion, NGOs Kulluna Irada, Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Seeds for Legal Initiative platform, and the Committee of Victims' Families held a conference Monday at the Gabriel Hotel in Achrafieh under the title, "Where does justice stand?" Justice Minister Adel Nassar, the first speaker, said that, according to the information available to him, the Court of Cassation prosecutor's office is expected to issue its indictment "within 60 to 90 days." He said the prosecutor's office is handling the case file submitted by investigating Judge Tarek Bitar "with insistence and seriousness." Rejecting any suggestion that the process was being deliberately slowed, Nassar said the lengthy proceedings stemmed from dysfunctions that predated the...
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