{"id":17148,"date":"2022-02-03T13:56:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=17148"},"modified":"2022-02-03T14:21:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:21:32","slug":"a-year-already-yet-no-accountability-for-the-crime-may-mr-lokman-slims-memory-be-eternal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/a-year-already-yet-no-accountability-for-the-crime-may-mr-lokman-slims-memory-be-eternal\/","title":{"rendered":"A year already yet no accountability for the crime: May Mr. Lokman Slim&#8217;s memory be eternal&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lokman-Slim-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17161\" width=\"353\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lokman-Slim-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lokman-Slim-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 85vw, 353px\" \/><figcaption>Mr. Lokman Slim<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Bambi&#8217;s heart goes to Ms. Monika Borgmann (spouse), Ms. Selma Merchak (mother), and Ms. Rasha al Ameer (sister). Without knowing them in person, she sends them a virtual hug. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you imagine loosing your son, the love of your life, and your dear brother in a brutal crime that remains unaccountable?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the <em>National Post<\/em>, <em>Orient Today<\/em>, L&#8217;<em>Orient Le Jour<\/em> (French) and <em>Human Rights Watch<\/em> for these informative articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/pmn\/news-pmn\/crime-pmn\/investigations-into-politically-sensitive-murders-in-lebanon-flawed-hrw\">https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/pmn\/news-pmn\/crime-pmn\/investigations-into-politically-sensitive-murders-in-lebanon-flawed-hrw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1289706\/how-lokman-slim-was-assassinated.html\">https:\/\/today.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1289706\/how-lokman-slim-was-assassinated.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1289613\/comment-lokman-slim-a-ete-assassine.html\">https:\/\/www.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1289613\/comment-lokman-slim-a-ete-assassine.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/02\/03\/lebanon-flawed-investigations-politically-sensitive-murders\">https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/02\/03\/lebanon-flawed-investigations-politically-sensitive-murders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Ms. Borgmann for tweeting this moving and thoughtful English interview with Mr. Slim entitled &#8220;<em>Memory is a Battlefield<\/em>&#8220;. What a calm and wise man. What a powerful message (ironically talking about accountability). What a loss for Lebanon and the world.<\/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=\"Lokman Slim Interview: \u2018Memory is a Battlefield\u2019\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HzmQpsOSbPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude this post, one song comes again and again to Bambi&#8217;s mind, it is by Mr. Enrico Macias and it is called<em> Un berger vient de tombe<\/em>r. She has already dedicated it to Mr. Slim last year. She will allow herself to re-do it again now. <em>Un berger vient de tomber<\/em>\u201d means  \u201ca s<em>hepherd has just fallen under arms<\/em>\u201c. This moving French song was  written for President Sadat on the second day after his assassination in 1981(Mr. Jacques Demarny wrote its lyrics and Mr. Macias composed its music): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Enrico Macias - Un berger vient de tomber\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Og6Vt_jYt38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FlowersHearts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17159\"\/><figcaption>To the loved ones of Mr. Lokman Slim and of all the victims of &#8220;politically- sensitive murders&#8221; (to use the words of <em>Human Rights Watch)<\/em>. When will impunity end in Lebanon?!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi&#8217;s older post related to this one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bambi-039-s-afkar\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2rKkXdktVH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/02\/04\/mr-lokman-slim-an-anti-hezbollah-critic-was-brutally-murdered-in-lebanon\/\">Mr. Lokman Slim, an anti-Hezbollah critic, was brutally murdered in Lebanon!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Mr. Lokman Slim, an anti-Hezbollah critic, was brutally murdered in Lebanon!&#8221; &#8212; Bambi&#039;s Afkar\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/02\/04\/mr-lokman-slim-an-anti-hezbollah-critic-was-brutally-murdered-in-lebanon\/embed\/#?secret=2rKkXdktVH\" data-secret=\"2rKkXdktVH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And these are additional earlier posts by Bambi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bambi-039-s-afkar\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Q9Q5iMjNfI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/12\/12\/mabrouk-herzlichen-gluckwunsch-ms-monika-borgmann\/\">Mabrouk\/Herzlichen Gl\u00fcckwunsch Ms. Monika Borgmann!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Mabrouk\/Herzlichen Gl\u00fcckwunsch Ms. Monika Borgmann!&#8221; &#8212; Bambi&#039;s Afkar\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/12\/12\/mabrouk-herzlichen-gluckwunsch-ms-monika-borgmann\/embed\/#?secret=Q9Q5iMjNfI\" data-secret=\"Q9Q5iMjNfI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bambi-039-s-afkar\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2mYEJNjnLE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/11\/24\/isnt-ms-selma-merchak-inspiring-her-son-mr-lokman-slim-was-murdered-in-february-to-silence-his-critics-of-the-hezbollah-despite-her-sorrow-and-impunity-she-remains-full-of-humanity\/\">Isn&#8217;t Ms. Selma Merchak inspiring? Her son, Mr. Lokman Slim, was murdered in February to silence his critics of the Hezbollah. Despite her sorrow, and impunity, she remains full of humanity<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Isn&#8217;t Ms. Selma Merchak inspiring? Her son, Mr. Lokman Slim, was murdered in February to silence his critics of the Hezbollah. 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Mr. Dany Turcotte was cancelled in Canada. Why is our world that intolerant?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Mr. Lokman Slim was shot in Beirut. Mr. Dany Turcotte was cancelled in Canada. Why is our world that intolerant?&#8221; &#8212; Bambi&#039;s Afkar\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/mr-lokman-slim-was-shot-in-beirut-mr-dany-turcotte-was-cancelled-in-canada-why-is-our-world-that-intolerant\/embed\/#?secret=kpVQfFpwHO\" data-secret=\"kpVQfFpwHO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bambi-039-s-afkar\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LRAxGnlpj1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/12\/21\/after-having-received-their-canada-immigration-visa-two-days-ago-mr-joseph-bejjanis-family-is-in-shock-he-was-assassinated-with-a-silent-pistol-by-two-gunmen-who-confiscated-his-phone-hi\/\">After having received their Canada immigration visa two days ago, Mr. Joseph Bejjani&#8217;s family is in shock: He was assassinated with a silent pistol by two gunmen who confiscated his phone\u2026 His 3-year-old daughter was the first to arrive to the crime scene!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;After having received their Canada immigration visa two days ago, Mr. Joseph Bejjani&#8217;s family is in shock: He was assassinated with a silent pistol by two gunmen who confiscated his phone\u2026 His 3-year-old daughter was the first to arrive to the crime scene!&#8221; &#8212; Bambi&#039;s Afkar\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/12\/21\/after-having-received-their-canada-immigration-visa-two-days-ago-mr-joseph-bejjanis-family-is-in-shock-he-was-assassinated-with-a-silent-pistol-by-two-gunmen-who-confiscated-his-phone-hi\/embed\/#?secret=LRAxGnlpj1\" data-secret=\"LRAxGnlpj1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Bambi&#8217;s heart goes to Ms. Monika Borgmann (spouse), Ms. Selma Merchak (mother), and Ms. Rasha al Ameer (sister). Without knowing them in person, she sends them a virtual hug. Can you imagine loosing your [&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\/17148"}],"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=17148"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17168,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17148\/revisions\/17168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}