BEIRUT: Public Prosecutor Saeed
Mirza said Wednesday “huge” amounts of work still had to be done to prepare the
cases of those involved in the 2007 Nahr al-Bared clashes, and that trials will
not take place any time soon.
During a visit to Prime Minister
Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail Wednesday, Mirza said he was still preparing
the casework of those accused of involvement in the armed clashes between
members of Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese Army in the northern Palestinian
refugee camp, in which over 400 people were killed.
Once completed, Mirza said he would
then send the cases to Investigative Judge Ghassan Oweidat for indictments to
be issued. The Public Prosecutor’s office will then notify those individuals
indicted.
“Notification measures will take a
long time ... and trials cannot start before completing these notification
measures,” Mirza said.
Relatives of the at least 123 Nahr
al-Bared detainees often hold demonstrations demanding their release and urging
that their trials be hastened.
Separately, Mirza is to tour Roumieh
prison Friday where he will discuss means to alleviate living conditions in the
country’s largest prison, the Central News Agency reported Wednesday.
The move comes as Interior Minister Marwan
Charbel endeavors to improve the situation in the prison and to speed up
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