Lebanon president urges judiciary to issue Beirut port blast indictment
Aoun says the long-delayed indictment is needed to hold about 70 defendants accountable after the blast killed more than 220 people.
- On Monday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged the judiciary to issue a long-awaited indictment in the 2020 Beirut port blast probe, stating the legal action "can no longer be delayed."
- Judge Tarek Bitar completed his probe of 70 defendants after years of political wrangling by Iran-backed Hezbollah stalled the case until the group weakened following the 2023-2024 war with Israel.
- With the case currently held by the public prosecutor, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam vowed "no cover for any official," asserting that accountability for the disaster must not spare anyone regardless of position.
- As the country marks six years since the explosion that killed more than 220 people and injured 6,500, victims and families continue demanding justice amid what remains a climate of official impunity.
- The Lebanese judiciary faces mounting pressure to prove its independence, with Aoun emphasizing that the indictment is "a right owed by the living to the martyrs and their families," not merely a legal procedure.
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‘Beirut Blast’ Reaches Sixth Anniversary with Zero Accountability
Lebanon observed on Tuesday the sixth anniversary of the massive explosion that devastated the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. The post ‘Beirut Blast’ Reaches Sixth Anniversary with Zero Accountability appeared first on Breitbart.
Six years on, families of those killed in huge Lebanon port blast hope for justice at last
Lebanon on Tuesday marked the sixth year since a deadly blast at Beirut port, with victims and Lebanese officials expressing a renewed but cautious hope that justice could finally be served over one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. The blast on August 4, 2020, which killed more than 200 people and destroyed swathes […]
Six years after Beirut port blast, victims' families say 'wound has not healed'
"Until now, we haven't gotten justice. There has been no accountability and nobody has been arrested," said Hiyam al-Bikai from a gathering at the port to commemorate victims of the disaster, including her son Ahmad. "This is an extremely painful anniversary. Our pain has not stopped and our wound has not healed," she told AFP. The massive explosion on August 4, 2020 killed more than 220 people, injured more than 6,500 and laid waste to swathes …
The explosion on August 4, 2020, which killed at least 200 people and destroyed parts of the capital, is believed to have been caused by hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the port.
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Six years on, families of those killed in huge Lebanon port blast hope for justice at last
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Lebanon on Tuesday marked the sixth year since a deadly blast at Beirut port, with victims and Lebanese officials expressing a renewed but cautious hope that justice could finally be served over one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history.The blast on August 4, 2020, which killed more than 200 people and destroyed swathes of the capital, was thought to have been set off by hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate s…
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