President of the Special
Tribunal for Lebanon Judge Sir David Baragwanath informed President Michel
Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati that the trials will kick off before
the end of the year, An Nahar newspaper reported on Tuesday.
According to the daily,
Baragwanath expressed relief over the work of the STL, praising the Lebanese
authorities’ cooperation with the court.
The Hague-based tribunal
indicted Salim Ayyash, Mustafa Badreddine, Hussein Oneissi and Assad Sabra and
sent arrest warrants for them to Lebanese authorities in June last year.
Interpol also issued a "red notice" in July.
However, the four
suspects remain at large.
Baragwanath said on
Monday that the indictment “can be refuted by the defense lawyers.”
He stressed during a
seminar at the Sagesse
University
Baragwanath noted that
the trials in absentia are inspired by the Lebanese penal code and the French
laws, although trying a person in absentia doesn’t exist in international law.
The head of the STL
arrived in Lebanon
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