International court accuses Lebanese news group of contempt


  • World
  • Tuesday, 13 May 2014

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Lawyers at an international court accused a Lebanese news outlet of contempt of court on Tuesday for publishing the names of witnesses involved in the case of a 2005 bombing in Beirut that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in The Hague was set up in 2009 at the urging of Western governments and with the support of Lebanon's then-government to investigate Hariri's killing, but Lebanese support for the tribunal has been mixed.

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