Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen issued on July 8 international arrest warrants against the accused people in former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 assassination, after which the decision authorized the Office of the Prosecutor to provide Interpol with the necessary information against the accused.
“Judge Fransen’s decision authorized the Office of the Prosecutor to provide Interpol with the necessary information to issue a “red notice” against each accused,” according to a statement issued by the UN-backed STL on Monday.
The tribunal has requested Interpol to notify all states of the arrest warrants. This follows a request from STL Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare,” the statement added.
The issuing of international warrants comes after the confirmation of an indictment and its transmission along with domestic arrest warrants to the Lebanese authorities on June 30.
The STL indicted four members of the Iranian-and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in connection to the Rafik Hariri murder, however the party’s secretary general, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, ruled out their arrest.
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