The Daily Star - Lebanon releases on bail four Palestinian Islamists, July 16 2012

BEIRUT: Four Palestinian men, who were detained in 2007 for alleged ties with Fatah al-Islam, were released Monday from Roumieh prison, northeast of Beirut, on bail.

They were handed over to General Security pending the finalization of paperwork.

Bail was set at LL500,000 per person.

The government sped up the trials of approximately 180 Islamists detained without charge following the 2007 battles between the Lebanese Army and the Al-Qaeda affiliated Fatah al-Islam in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, north Lebanon.

The decision came after relatives of the inmates protested for months demanding that the government speed up legal procedures as most of the detainees have yet to face trial.

Fourteen Islamists were released last month.

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