Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) President Judge Antonio Cassese issued on Wednesday a scheduling order setting the dates for submissions in the appeal by former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed filed on 23 May 2011, according to the tribunal’s website.
“Sayyed has appealed Pre-Trial Judge [Daniel Fransen’s] order, released on 13 May 2011, which required the Prosecutor General [Daniel Bellemare] to disclose some but not all of the investigatory documents sought Sayyed in relation to his detention by the Lebanese authorities,” the website said.
“The Prosecutor will have until 10 June 2011 to respond to the appeal, and Sayyed will have until 22 June 2011 to file a reply,” it added.
“Sayyed has appealed Pre-Trial Judge [Daniel Fransen’s] order, released on 13 May 2011, which required the Prosecutor General [Daniel Bellemare] to disclose some but not all of the investigatory documents sought Sayyed in relation to his detention by the Lebanese authorities,” the website said.
“The Prosecutor will have until 10 June 2011 to respond to the appeal, and Sayyed will have until 22 June 2011 to file a reply,” it added.
Fransen has ordered that Bellemare releases more than 270 documents to Sayyed.
Sayyed is one of four generals who claim they were arbitrarily detained between August 2005 and April 2009 after they had made strongly worded accusations about the case of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 assassination.
The general, who claims to have been the victim of a "grand conspiracy" involving false testimony, seeks access to his criminal file for use in legal proceedings in Lebanon.
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