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 28, 2011

Now Lebanon - Majdalani warns of “negative” outcome if cabinet fails to fund STL , September 28, 2011

Future bloc MP Atef Majdalani on Wednesday warned of “negative repercussions” on Lebanon if the government does not provide its annual share of funding to the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).“If the government does not commit to UN Security Council Resolution 1757, [which called for the creation of the STL], there will negative repercussions [on Lebanon],” Majdalani told the Voice of Lebanon (93.3) radio station.“Hezbollah has the say in this matter,” the MP added, in a reference to the Hezbollah-led majority in the Lebanese cabinet.He also said that the Shia group “does not have the capability to confront the international community… hence the cabinet will maintain [diplomatic ties] on the international level.”The STL indicted four Hezbollah members for ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s 2005 murder. However, the Shia group ruled out the arrest of the four suspects and labeled the court a “US-Israeli conspiracy.”The Hezbollah-led 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. Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding.

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