In Beirut, Muriel Rozelier
At the Beirut courthouse, Judge Bitar's office, in charge of the “
dossier of the century
”, is small. "
You could imagine yourself in the office of some non-commissioned officer at a provincial airport
," notes the father of little Alexandra who died in the explosion at the port of Beirut, which left more than 200 dead and 6,500 injured. , August 4, 2020. But the dress does not make the monk and the very discreet Tarek Bitar, 47, is making a name for himself in the country's judicial history. He is the personality towards whom converge all the hopes and all the hatred of a country which has never been stingy with it.
For the families of the victims, he is the iron man, the "
little judge
" who does not bow to the powerful, denying them the impunity in which they have wallowed since the end of the war in Lebanon.
“
When we met him
,
he told us he took the job to do us justice and that alone was important to him.
He knew he was risking it
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