Lebanese Judges Association rejects calls for blast judge's replacement
-NNA
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[October 15, 2021]
CAIRO
(Reuters) - The Lebanese Judges Association again rejected on Friday
calls to dismiss the judge heading a probe into last year's massive
blast in Beirut and defended the judiciary as the "last bastion of the
idea of the state", state news agency NNA reported. |
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Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint a day after gunfire erupted in
an attack on protesters who were heading for a demonstration called by
Hezbollah to demand the removal of the judge investigating last year's
port explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed
Azakir |
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association called for the perpetrators of Thursday's shootings
in Beirut, in which six Shi'ites were killed, to be quickly
identified and punished, NNA added.
(Reporting by Yasmin Hussein; Writing by Yomna Ehab; Editing by
Catherine Evans)
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