Thursday, 24 April 2014

STL issues summons for top Lebanese editors


BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued Thursday summons for the editors of Al-Akhbar newspaper and Al-Jadeed television, accusing them of contempt and obstructing justice by publishing the names of alleged witnesses.


Karma Mohamed Tahsin al-Khayat from Al-Jadeed as well as the station’s parent company NEW TV S.A.L. have been summoned “to appear before the STL on two counts of contempt and obstruction of justice,” the U.N.-backed said in a statement.


Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Amin from Al Akhbar and the newspaper’s parent company Akhbar Beirut S.A.L. have also been summoned for similar charges.



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