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The fig leaf and the justice of the strong
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Al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief #Ibrahim_al-Amin speaks to the #STL via videolink. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) #al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim al-Amin speaks to the #STL via videolink. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

After all the scandals, mistakes, resignations, leaks, suspicions and laws passed in accordance with the political winds, after compromising civil peace and manipulating the stability of the region, after wasting all this time, energy and money, the Special Tribunal for #Lebanon (STL) finally found a real, tangible, “defendant” in flesh and blood who appeared before it via videolink. Alas, it did not know how to keep him.

Pierre Abisaab

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Special Tribunal for #Lebanon aims to stifle Lebanese press
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Saad #Hariri, the son of #Lebanon's assassinated ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, recites the Fatiha or the prayer of the dead over the tomb of his father in downtown Beirut late 30 May 2007, after the UN vote to set up an international court to try the murder suspects. (Photo: AFP-Patrick Baz)

A plan to stifle the Lebanese press is in the works, but this time it’s being orchestrated in the name of international justice. The #Special_Tribunal_for_Lebanon (STL) has moved to force the Lebanese media to refrain from publishing any information about the court’s work that the #STL does not disclose officially. Their decision undercuts a main prerogative of the press and aims to turn the Lebanese media into a mouthpiece for the STL. read (...)

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#STL adjourns trial, granting defense team time to prepare
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The Special Tribunal for #Lebanon adjourned the trial on Wednesday, without coming to an agreement on the length of a recess. The STL trial chamber had decided on Tuesday to join the case of suspect Hassan Merhi to the cases of the four other suspects accused of participating in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. All five men are being tried in absentia. read more

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Hariri Tribunal Threatens to Raise UN Complaint Against #Lebanon
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A picture shows the exterior of the Special Tribunal for #Lebanon in #The_Hague on January 16, 2014, on the first day of the delayed trial into the murder of former Lebanese Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri. (Photo: AFP - Toussaint Kluiters) A picture shows the exterior of the #Special_Tribunal_for_Lebanon in The Hague on January 16, 2014, on the first day of the delayed trial into the murder of former Lebanese Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri. (Photo: AFP - Toussaint Kluiters)

In Lebanon, no one would cause a stir over the lack of governmental cooperation with the defense team in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Yet at The Hague, this is not the case.

Hassan Illeik

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The Rash Verdict
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Saad Hariri is attending the trial in absentia of four Hezbollah members accused of assassinating his father in a massive car bomb explosion in downtown Beirut on February 14, 2005. (Photo: AFP - Jan Hennop). #Saad_Hariri is attending the trial in absentia of four Hezbollah members accused of assassinating his father in a massive car bomb explosion in downtown Beirut on February 14, 2005. (Photo: AFP - Jan Hennop).

#MARCH_14 is a strange lot. They are unable to let things proceed naturally. Even the Special Tribunal for #Lebanon (STL), which they hope would be a gateway to uncovering who killed Rafik Hariri, they cannot even wait for it to conclude. Like everything else, they are satisfied with the headlines and ignore (...)

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Geagea Interview: We Reject European Efforts to Agree on a President
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Samir Geagea, leader of the Christian #Lebanese_Forces, speaks during a news conference at his house in Maarab village, north of Beirut, October 12, 2010. (Photo: REUTERS - Mohamed Azakir). #Samir_Geagea, leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces, speaks during a news conference at his house in Maarab village, north of Beirut, October 12, 2010. (Photo: REUTERS - Mohamed Azakir).

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea reiterated his rejection of a unity government. Speaking to Al-Akhbar, Geagea stressed the importance of holding presidential elections and declared his rejection of any European efforts to agree on a president in advance.

Hiyam Kossayfi

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Who Was #Mohammed_Shattah ?
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In 2006 Shattah played a role in the negotiations that brought an end to Israel’s 34-day war on #Lebanon with the enactment of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. (Photo: Bilal Jawish). In 2006 Shattah played a role in the negotiations that brought an end to Israel’s 34-day war on #Lebanon with the enactment of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. (Photo: Bilal Jawish).

Former Lebanese Finance Minister Mohammed Shattah, killed in a massive blast in downtown Beirut Friday morning, was a leading member of the Western-favored #MARCH_14 movement and a close adviser to ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Marc Abizeid

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#Lebanon: Assassination Tribunal Leak Sparks Wave of Witness Lawsuits
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Judge Robert Roth of the UN Special Tribunal for #Lebanon attends the opening of the public hearing in the assassination case of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, at the court in Leidschendam, near The Hague, on June 13, 2012. (Photo: AFP - Robert Vos / POOL) Judge Robert Roth of the UN #Special_Tribunal_for_Lebanon attends the opening of the public hearing in the assassination case of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, at the court in Leidschendam, near The Hague, on June 13, 2012. (Photo: AFP - Robert Vos / POOL)

The scandal involving the leak of the names and pictures of witnesses to former Lebanese Prime Minister #Rafik_Hariri's assassination did not pass unnoticed. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (...)

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