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Court approves Samaha case indictments

  The Court of Cassation approved Thursday an indictment which calls for the death penalty against former Minister Michel Samaha, Syrian Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk and Col. Adnan. Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda issued the indictment last month, requesting the death penalty for the three men. The indictment charged the accused with plotting to assassinate political and religious figures in north Lebanon. The court ruled that Article 274 of the penal code, which applies to anyone who collaborates with a foreign country to encourage the declaration of war or attack on Lebanon, does not apply to Samaha. “It turned…

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Women’s right campaigners threaten hunger strike over delayed action

  Women’s rights activists escalated their campaign Thursday to see the family violence law passed, blocking a main road in downtown Beirut and threatening an open-ended hunger strike if the proposal is not included on the next Cabinet agenda. “Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, but we’re not here to celebrate women’s day because there is nothing to celebrate,” Nay al-Rahi, one of the organizers, told reporters. “We tried all available means to get through to [the politicians], from protests in the street to addressing them through the media and social media, but we discovered that they want women to die…

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Lebanese boy released for huge ransom

  A Lebanese boy was released for a ransom after he had been abducted last week in Beirut’s Ramlet al-Bayda area. According to the National News Agency, Mohammad Nibal Awada was released at 4 a.m. near the Fiat bridge in East Beirut. Meanwhile, Voice of Lebanon (100.5) reported that Awada was released for a $130,000 ransom.   Source & Link: NOW Lebanon

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Lebanese judge recuses himself from Samaha case

  A Lebanese judge recused himself from looking into the case of the former Information Minister Michel Samaha. Penal Court of Cassation Judge Joseph Samaha announced his decision on Monday, according to the National News Agency. The report added that the judge removed himself from the request made by Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr to review two articles in the indictment issued by First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghida. The NNA added that the reason behind the judge decision was to avoid “embarrassment.” Ex-Information Minister Michel Samaha was arrested by Lebanese security forces in August of last year. Samaha,…

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Apr
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First lady calls for greater empowerment of women

  First lady Wafaa Sleiman marked International Women’s Day Friday by calling for greater protection of women from violence and marginalization with the creation of laws that address these issues. Sleiman made the comments at the launch of the Action Plan of a National Women Strategy in Lebanon at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. The first lady represented the National Commission for Lebanese Women in her capacity as the organization’s president. The ceremony was attended by the commission’s vice president, Randa Berri, Education Minister Hasan Diab and EU Ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst as well as former ministers, diplomats and…

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Cassation Court endorses appeal to execute Samaha, Mamlouk

  The Lebanese Criminal Court of Cassation presided over by Judge Walid al-Qadi on Thursday ratified the appeal of First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghaida to execute ex-minister Michel Samaha and Syrian security chief Ali Mamlouk. The two face charges of plotting to attack political and religious figures in Lebanon. Samaha and Mamlouk were first accused in August of planning the attacks along with a Syrian army colonel identified only by his first name, Adnan. Investigators have said that explosives were found in Samaha's car when he was arrested at his home on August 9. A former information minister,…

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رئيس محكمة التمييز يتنحى عن النظر بملف سماحة

قالت الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام ان رئيس محكمة التمييز الجزائية الغرفة السادسة القاضي جوزف سماحة الذي تسلم ملف الوزير السابق ميشال سماحة واللواء علي مملوك، وبعدما ميز مفوض الحكومة لدى المحكمة العسكرية القاضي صقر صقر مادتين في القرار منعت فيهما المحاكمة عن كل من سماحة والمملوك، يتجه نحو التنحي عن النظر في الملف، كون الوزير السابق سماحة من عائلته ومن ابناء بلدته.   وكانت محكمة التمييز الجزائية الغرفة السادسة برئاسة القاضي جوزف سماحة تسلمت ملف سماحة والمملوك بعدما ميز مفوض الحكومة لدى المحكمة العسكرية القاضي صقر صقر مادتين في القرار منعت فيها المحاكمة عن كل منهما.     Source & Link:…

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Ex-Lebanese minister, Syrian general indicted in terror plot

  A Lebanese judge recommended Wednesday the death penalty for former Information Minister Michel Samaha, a Syrian general and another holding the rank of colonel over a terror plot to destabilize Lebanon. Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghayda issued the indictment, which requests the death penalty for Samaha, Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk, the head of the Syrian National Security Bureau, and his aide, Col. Adnan, whose family name remains unknown. The indictment charges the three men of holding a meeting under Mamlouk at the National Security office in the Syrian capital Damascus and orchestrating a plot to assassinate Syrian opposition…

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Kidnappers threaten to kill boy hostage

  Kidnappers holding a 12-year-old boy have threatened to kill their hostage if their demand for a $1 million ransom is not met, security sources told The Daily Star Thursday. However, the kidnappers did not set a deadline for the payment of the ransom for the release of Mohammad Nibal Awada, who was snatched at gunpoint in Beirut Wednesday morning, the sources added. The kidnappers made the ransom demand in a telephone call to the family hours after Awada was snatched, the sources said. Awada was waiting outside his home in Wata Moseitbeh for a school bus at around 7…

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