Lebanese academics hail their STL visits

Deans and professors of a number of Lebanese universities hailed their two-day visit to the Special Tribunal offices.

STL issued today a press release on the visit which was concluded on May 9. (more…)

Lawyers of Hezbollah suspects want STL declared illegal

Defence lawyers before a UN-backed court probing former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri’s murder sought Wednesday to have the tribunal’s creation declared illegal and unfit to judge their clients.

Lawyers for Salim Ayyash — one of four Hezbollah men wanted for trial in connection with Hariri’s car bomb (more…)

Aoun quits STL

Deputy head of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) Defense Office, Alia Aoun, has informed the Registrar that she intends to return to practice as an attorney.

Eight defense lawyers were named by STL to represent the four Hezbollah members indicted by the STL in the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri who was assassinated on February 14, 2005. (more…)

Norman Farrell replaces Bellemare as STL prosecutor

Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY)  ,  Judge Norman Farrell is the new Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, succeeding his fellow Canadian, the outgoing Daniel Bellemare, according to a statement by UN Secretary General  Ban Ki-moon. (more…)

MP Hamadeh: Hezbollah appointed Jreissati as new labor minister

March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh confirmed on Sunday Ya Libnan’s report which revealed that the newly appointed Labor Minister Salim Jreissati “was appointed by Hezbollah.”

In an interview with Al-Fajr radio station former minister Hamadeh said that “Jreissati has always attacked the work of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon [STL],” (more…)

Jreissati is Hezbollah’s inside man against STL, report

Al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Saturday that the decision to appoint judge Salim Jreissati as the new Labor Minister to replace former minister Charbel Nahhas was made by Hezbollah and approved by Free patriotic movement leader MP Michel Aoun. (more…)

Bellemare: Historic days lie ahead for justice, people of Lebanon

In a farewell letter addressed to the Lebanese people , outgoing Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare wrote on the occasion marking the end of his term that historic days lie ahead for justice and the People of Lebanon. (more…)

STL to issue more indictments shortly

The indictments in the assassination of former Communist party chief George Hawi and attempted assassinations of former ministers Marwan Hamadeh and Elias Murr which will soon be issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon may result in new leads to other assassinations that had taken place in Lebanon,according to a report by the An Nahar newspaper on Sunday. (more…)

STL assigned counsel to the 4 accused Hezbollah members

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued a press release in which it stated that the Head of STL Defense Office assigned permanent counsel to defend the four Hezbollah members accused in the assassination of former lebanese PM Rafik Hariri

Here is the text of the press release : (more…)

STL’s Bellemare decides not to seek a second term

The Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for the Lebanon (STL) , Daniel Bellemare, has informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations that, for health reasons, he does not intend to seek reappointment for a second term as Prosecutor at the end of February 2012, according to STL website.
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