November 3, 2009 - The Daily Star - Lebanon SOLIDE case of missing people

Committees can present case to court on missing people

BEIRUT: Committees for the support of Lebanese detainees and exiled praised on Monday the provisional judgment concerning the case of the two mass graves in Mar Mitr in Achrafieh and Martyrs cemetery in Beirut. The committee of the Parents of the Kidnapped and Missing in Lebanon, the Support of Lebanese in Detention and Exile (SOLIDE), the Parents of detainees in Syrian Prisons and the Lebanese Center for Human Rights issued a statement on Monday praising the decision of judge Zalfa Hosn. Hosn had issued a provisional judgment on October 23 allowing the committees to present their case to the government in order to acquire full information about investigations in the case. The statement said that the judgment confirmed the right of parents to be informed of ongoing investigations and to defend the interest of their cause. – The Daily Star