BEIRUT:
Four Palestinian men were released on bail Monday, some five years after they
were detained over alleged ties to the Al-Qaeda-inspired militant Fatah
al-Islam group. Alaa Mussa, Mohammad Mussa, Mahmoud Darwish and Saieed Saieed
were handed to General Security pending the finalization of paperwork, a
routine all non-Lebanese must undergo. Each of the men paid LL500,000.
The
move comes nearly one month after Islamists arrested in connection with the
same case were released on bail. The fines for the Islamists released in June
were paid by the office of Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Around
180 Islamists were detained by authorities in light of deadly armed clashes
between Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese Army which reduced the northern
Palestinian Refugee Camp of Nahr al-Bared to rubble in summer 2007. Most remain
in prison without charge or trial.
The
first batch of detainees was released in June following numerous sit-ins held
by their relatives, who protested slow trial procedures.
The families escalated
their protests after Fayez Karam, a senior official in Michel Aoun’s Free
Patriotic Movement, was released in April after serving less than two years for
collaboration with Israel. Karam benefited from a law that reduces the prison
year to nine months.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2012/Jul-17/180861-four-palestinians-detained-in-2007-released-on-bail.ashx#axzz20mFkUNDx
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