Two marches will happen on August 4th to honor the victims of the Beirut Port explosion and demand justice.
Beginning at 4 p.m., the marches will set off from two places: Martyrs’ Sq. and the Fireplace Brigade headquarters in Karantina. The 2 teams will converge on the Beirut Port at 5:30 p.m. to remind the world that justice is but to be achieved following the devastating explosion on August 4th, 2020, which left over 244 individuals useless.
The group right here at 961News needed to doc the total record of victims who died within the explosion for the reason that authorities and its companies are underreporting it by virtually 50 individuals. This is the reason the demise toll cited by 961News is the very best quantity reported.
Final month, a joint letter from rights teams and victims’ households known as for worldwide motion within the Beirut blast case. The letter highlighted the continued battle for justice and accountability, emphasizing the necessity for an intensive and unbiased investigation into the explosion.
The households of the victims have been usually protesting to demand justice and several other have even been summoned for interrogation.
Quickly after the explosion it was revealed that the sitting president on the time, Michel Aoun, was knowledgeable in regards to the harmful supplies saved on the port as quickly as two weeks previous to the explosion. Regardless of this information, no decisive motion was taken to forestall the disaster.
Hezbollah and their allies have been actively disrupting the justice course of and investigation into the Beirut port blast. This even led to a battle in Tayyouneh that left 13 individuals useless. The federal government even rejected lifting the immunity of the officers needed for questioning over the Beirut blast.
Ammonium nitrate, the explosive materials answerable for the blast, is understood for use by Hezbollah for his or her rockets and by their allies in Syria in barrel bombs. The connection is additional evidenced by the arrests of a number of Hezbollah brokers worldwide trying to supply and transport ammonium nitrate.
We even discovered proof of it in a Jnah facility that Hezbollah disclaimed. The previous Justice Minister publically testified that the supplies belonged to Hezbollah and had been despatched by Iran’s IRGC.
The households of the victims, alongside rights teams, are urging the general public to affix them in these marches to point out solidarity and demand accountability. The occasion is not only a commemoration however a robust assertion that the struggle for justice continues and that the voices of the victims and their households is not going to be silenced.
Be a part of the marches on August 4th, ranging from Martyrs’ Sq. and the Fireplace Brigade headquarters in Karantina, and allow us to all converge on the Beirut Port at 5:30 p.m.
