{"id":11861,"date":"2021-07-30T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=11861"},"modified":"2021-07-30T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:28:27","slug":"abc-news-one-year-after-the-beirut-blast-families-of-the-victims-are-still-seeking-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/07\/30\/abc-news-one-year-after-the-beirut-blast-families-of-the-victims-are-still-seeking-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News: “One year after the Beirut blast, families of the victims are still seeking justice”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last year, shortly after the unforgettable August 4th, 2020, the President of Lebanon promised a 4-day-investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 4-5 days, it will be 365 days since the Beirut tragedy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is still no justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, before going to sleep, Bambi read that the Lebanese Parliament was ready to lift the immunity on politicians, so Judge Bitar (leading the investigation) can interview them (https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/lebanon-parliament-ready-lift-immunity-beirut-blast-probe-2021-07-29\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning, she read in the media that a large political party (close to the Hezbollah and, of course, as corrupt or as innocent as all the others) voted against lifting immunity (https:\/\/www.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1270022\/berry-appuie-les-propositions-du-futur-le-cpl-sy-oppose.html<\/a>). Can you imagine, even if this in itself tells us something? The irony, as Journalist Roula Azar-Douglas hinted at in a tweet sharing the article above, is that this political party is called “Le bloc du changement et de la r\u00e9forme<\/em>!” (yes, change and reform, in English). Where is the change? Where are the reforms? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a change, can Lebanon begin holding its political leaders (i.e., former warlords) accountable for this surrealistic criminal negligence? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 200+ families of the victims are still waiting. We are all waiting with them, including the 6000+ injured people, the 300,000+ homeless ones, the Beirutis, all the Lebanese, the diaspora all over the world, and all the friends of both Lebanon and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you ABC News<\/em> for this moving short news documentary…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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