The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) is a local non-profit, non-partisan Lebanese human rights organization in Beirut that was established by the Franco-Lebanese Movement SOLIDA (Support for Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily) in 2006. SOLIDA has been active since 1996 in the struggle against arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and the impunity of those perpetrating gross human violations.

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September 29, 2011

Now Lebanon - Haber says March 8 parties “obstructing” STL course, September 29, 2011

Kataeb bloc MP Fadi Haber on Thursday accused the Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition of “obstructing” the course of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which indicted four Hezbollah members for ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s 2005 assassination.“[March 8] parties want to obstruct the tribunal in one way or the other,” Haber told the Voice of Lebanon (100.5) radio station.He added that the STL is seeks to “uncover the truth behind the murder [of political figures].”“Without achieving this justice, Lebanon cannot rise.”The March 8 parties – which currently dominate Lebanon’s cabinet – have opposed a clause in the Lebanese annual state budget pertaining to the funding of the tribunal.Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the STL. However, the Shia group strongly denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding.

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