The Appeals Chamber of
the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon has ruled in a decision issued
Wednesday that only relevant documents that may explain why former General
Security chief Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed was detained or why he should have been
released must be disclosed by the Prosecutor, the STL announced.
“The Judges directed
that the relevant documents should be disclosed by 18 May at the latest. They
also decided that the Prosecutor does not need to hand over exact copies of
previously disclosed documents,” the STL said.
A request by Sayyed to
sanction the STL’s prosecutor for contempt and misconduct was rejected, said
the tribunal.
Prior to the
establishment of the STL Sayyed was detained by the Lebanese authorities for
almost three and a half years as part of an investigation into the February 14,
2005 attack that killed ex-PM Rafik Hariri and 21 other people. STL Pre-Trial
Judge Daniel Fransen ordered his release shortly after the tribunal’s
establishment in 2009.
Source: Naharnet
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/37239
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