From Beirut
Judge Tarek Bitar's photo is popping up all over Lebanese social media, with a simple mention: "
I'm with you
."
The magistrate in charge of investigating the causes of the explosion of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut, one of the most devastating non-nuclear explosions in history, is a hero in the face of a
manzoumé
clinging to his impunity .
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The name designates the political system which controls the security forces, the media, the judiciary, the administrations, and mixes community, religious, financial and militia powers.
"
She uses all the tricks to always get by
", indignant Jihane, one of the co-organizers of a demonstration in front of the Beirut courthouse, scheduled for Wednesday in support of the families of the victims of August 4, 2020. Because, after the challenge of the first investigating judge in February, it is Tarek Bitar's turn to be suspended, temporarily at this stage, by virtue of a complaint filed against
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