Several senior officials also charged, but legal process has been fraught since explosion killed 220Destroyed buildings and debris are shown on Aug. 5, 2020, a day after a massive explosion occurred at the port in Beirut.
The explosion on Aug. 4, 2020, was caused by hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored at the port in poor conditions after it was unloaded there in 2013. So far, no senior official has been held to account. Hassan Diab speaks at the government palace in Beirut while serving as a caretaker prime minister, on March 6, 2021. Diab expressed confidence in the immediate aftermath of the explosion that he was not culpable.
Bitar's previous efforts to interrogate top officials over the explosion that killed 220 people and shattered parts of Beirut have been hindered by factions including the heavily armed, Iran-backed Hezbollah.Two years since the massive explosion in Beirut — what's changed? Guest host Peter Armstrong talks to Mariana Fodoulian about seeking justice for her sister Gaia, who was killed in the blast; and investigative journalist Habib Battah discusses the obstacles facing Lebanon’s people.
Bitar met French judges visiting Beirut last week as part of a French investigation into the explosion, whose victims included two French nationals. He was unable to share documents with them at the time because the investigation was frozen. with negligence over the chemicals, but that judge was removed in 2021 following political interference in the file.How ammonium nitrate is stored in Canada to avoid explosionStorage of ammonium nitrate is strictly regulated in Canada to avoid a disaster like the explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday.
Judges, lawyers and cops are proof that there is no rule of law in Canada. They do things that would put normal people in jail or have consequences. Local media has ignored this problem ruthlessly and helped these bad actors stay hidden. For example: