Unilateral UN Hariri tribunal establishment draws local criticism
Lebanese National Assembly speaker Nabih Berri joined Syria Thursday in condemning the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1757 unilaterally establishing an ad hoc tribunal to investigate and try suspects in the...
Lebanon PM asks UN Security Council to unilaterally create Hariri tribunal
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Monday, formally requesting that the UN Security Council establish an ad hoc tribunal to investigate and try suspects in the February...
Syria will take no part in the establishment of a UN tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri if the tribunal acts to undermine the...
Syrian writer faces military trial on insult charges as crackdown on dissent continues
A Syrian writer and his son have been charged with insulting government employees and will be tried before a military tribunal, the Syrian National Organization for Human Rights said Tuesday, as a crackdown on dissent in Syria continues. Journalist...
UN investigator says Syria cooperation with Hariri probe 'generally satisfactory'
Serge Brammertz , deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and head of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission probing the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri [JURIST news...
Syria military court sentences writer to six months for criticizing government
A military court in Syria has sentenced writer Mohammad Ghanem to six months in prison for "insulting the Syrian president, discrediting the Syrian government and fomenting sectarian unrest," a human rights group said Wednesday. The charges...
Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court who is heading the UN's independent investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , on Tuesday met with Syrian...
Human Rights Watch has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to release hundreds of political opponents and reporters who have been arrested in recent months as part of a government crackdown on...
UN report: Hariri probe progressing, killers were experienced terrorists
Progress continues to be made in the investigation into the February 2005 Beirut bombing assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , according to an interim report presented to the UN Security Council Tuesday....
Syria president rejects second UN interview request in Hariri probe
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday indicated he plans to reject a second interview request from UN investigators running the probe into the bus bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . Assad...
