The Special Tribunal for
Lebanon swore in the legal representatives of the victims of the February 14,
2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, according to a statement
issued Tuesday by the tribunal.
“The three legal
representatives will represent the 58 people who were granted the right to
participate as victims in the proceedings by Pre-Trial Judge [Daniel Fransen],”
the statement added.
“This designation
underlines a milestone in victim participation in the STL proceedings,"
said Alain Grellet, the Chief of the Victims' Participation Unit of the STL
Registry.
Four Hezbollah members have
been indicted by the UN-backed STL for Hariri’s murder. However, the Shia group
strongly denied the charges and refused to cooperate with the court.
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