{"id":10131,"date":"2021-04-06T01:26:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T04:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=10131"},"modified":"2021-04-06T01:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T04:44:33","slug":"eight-months-since-the-beirut-surrealistic-explosion-where-is-justice-for-the-families-of-the-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/04\/06\/eight-months-since-the-beirut-surrealistic-explosion-where-is-justice-for-the-families-of-the-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight months since the Beirut surrealistic explosion: Where is justice for the families of the victims?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BeirutCandle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10132\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BeirutCandle.jpg 444w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BeirutCandle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BeirutCandle-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 85vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Families of the 206+ victims of the Beirut explosion gathered at the scene of the Beirut port explosion site to mark the 8th month since the tragedy. Bambi&#8217;s heart goes to all of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These families are putting their faith in Judge Tarek Bitar who is now leading the investigation since February, 2021. They are urging him to \u201c<em>strike with an iron fist<\/em>\u201d in his pursuit of a \u201c<em>clear and transparent investigation<\/em>\u201d , as per L&#8217;<em>Orient Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Bitar is described by many, including senior Professors of Law, as being a very decent and highly competent fellow. To what extent will he be able to do his job in peace, knowing that his predecessor was removed from his position by Lebanon&#8217;s top court a day before his appointment? Thank you and best wishes to him&#8230; May he be able to lead a truly independent, thorough investigation AND may he be safe!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JudgeBitar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JudgeBitar.jpg 624w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/JudgeBitar-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Judge Tarek Bitar. A picture taken from <em>961<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-1.jpg 445w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-1-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 85vw, 445px\" \/><figcaption>Is there any picture more moving than this one? Taken from<em> Xinhuanet<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-2.jpg 468w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 85vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption>Another moving picture from <em>Xinhuanet<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-3.jpg 624w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-3-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>The sign of one of the mothers reads: &#8220;<em>Why is the Justice system insisting on silence<\/em>?&#8221; . A picture taken from <em>An Nahar<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-4.jpg 468w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8-months-already-4-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 85vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption>When will justice be served in Beirut? Another moving picture taken from<em> Xinhuanet<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/heart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10160\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/heart-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/heart-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 85vw, 191px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families of the 206+ victims of the Beirut explosion gathered at the scene of the Beirut port explosion site to mark the 8th month since the tragedy. Bambi&#8217;s heart goes to all of them. These [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10131"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10168,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10131\/revisions\/10168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}