Judge adjourns Fakhoury questioning | News , Lebanon News | THE DAILY STAR
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Local media reported that a delegation from the U.S. Embassy that included an American lawyer was prevented from going into court. Fakhoury holds the American passport.
Despite having been sentenced to 15 years in jail and having several arrest warrants against him, Fakhoury was allowed to leave Beirut’s airport freely after arriving earlier this month, drawing criticism from many.
A former military leader in the South Lebanon Army, an Israeli proxy militia, Fakhoury left Lebanon for Israel in 2000, and later traveled to the U.S.
Between 1985 and 2000, more than 5,000 people passed through the Khiam detention center, run by Fakhoury, where they suffered #torture and other forms of mistreatment.
At least 10 people died. The 144 people who remained in detention when Israeli forces withdrew from south Lebanon in May 2000 were freed by residents of Khiam who stormed the prison.
A judicial source had told The Daily Star that the sentence and warrants against Fakhoury had been rendered invalid “due to the passage of more than 20 years.”
« Un pays ouvert à tous les vents » avait dit un jour René Nabaa en parlant du #Liban.
#collabo #criminel