BEIRUT: Riad Salameh, the governor of Lebanon’s central bank, Banque du Liban, is not expected to appear as scheduled before a European financial investigation at a Paris court on Tuesday. He was summoned by French Judge Aude Buresi two weeks ago. It is thought the session was scheduled to bring charges against Salameh over allegations that he accumulated a fortune in European
The Lebanese authorities must stop harassing judges who act independently and must revoke the unnecessary and disproportionate limitations they have imposed on their freedoms, the International Commission of Jurists said today.
On 26 April 2023, Lebanon’s Minister of Justice, Henry Khoury, re
The Judge Ghada Aoun saga has been defined by rage and resentment. There has been no tranquility. In one scene, surrounded by giants from “State Security” armed with guns made for world wars, she kicked down the door of an office. Judge Aoun went beyond her jurisdiction, accompanied by her group of giants, raiding suspects’ offices, including that of the Central Bank Governor, who had fled to another location.
BEIRUT: Protesters smashed and burned an ATM at a bank in Beirut on Tuesday as depositors again took to the streets to protest against Lebanese banking restrictions that have denied them full access to their foreign currency savings since 2019. At the same time bank customers have been unable to withdraw their savings, the value of the country’s own currency has collapsed amid