{"id":13497,"date":"2021-10-15T00:32:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T03:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=13497"},"modified":"2021-10-15T00:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T03:35:13","slug":"president-of-the-beirut-bar-association-melhem-khalaf-french-content-lebanon-must-restore-the-rule-of-law-an-unpunished-crime-is-a-rewarded-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/10\/15\/president-of-the-beirut-bar-association-melhem-khalaf-french-content-lebanon-must-restore-the-rule-of-law-an-unpunished-crime-is-a-rewarded-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"President of the Beirut Bar Association, Melhem Khalaf (French content): &#8220;Lebanon must restore the rule of law&#8230; an unpunished crime is a rewarded crime&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/France24Lebanon-1024x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13499\" width=\"401\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/France24Lebanon-1024x368.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/France24Lebanon-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/France24Lebanon-768x276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/France24Lebanon-1200x432.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 85vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi remains speechless by the unacceptable violence that took place in Beirut yesterday  (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-58901611\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-58901611<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, she has wished her parents&#8217; medications were more easily accessible than all the heavy weapons deployed on that sad day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being said, her heart goes to all those who lost their lives and may the injured people all heal. How sad to see the population of Lebanon being taken hostage of both the corruption and violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, Bambi learned from this interview that Judge Bitar (the investigator of the surrealistic Beirut port explosion) has faced many obstacles in his mission, both domestically and externally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of note, the message of the President of the Beirut Bar Association resonated with Bambi: Yes, may Lebanon remains a democracy, which means neither the law of the jungle nor a dictatorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude this post, Bambi feels like adding the following: today more than ever, as a deer who strongly believes in democracy, she is Judge Tarek Bitar (along with the population of his country who is behind him). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Heurts \u00e0 Beyrouth au Liban : &quot;C&#039;est une mal\u00e9diction qui ne s&#039;arr\u00eate pas&quot; \u2022 FRANCE 24\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A-WDmOEwsgc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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\/10\/heart-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13500\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/heart-7.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/heart-7-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 145px) 85vw, 145px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambi remains speechless by the unacceptable violence that took place in Beirut yesterday (https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-58901611). Indeed, she has wished her parents&#8217; medications were more easily accessible than all the heavy weapons deployed on that sad day. 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