In a positive step, Lebanon’s Military Tribunal today declared that it does not have jurisdiction to try 14 civilian protesters on the charges of rioting and destruction of property. Their cases will be referred to civilian courts instead. The protesters, who were arrested during demonstrations over a waste crisis in the capital Beirut in 2015, were charged in military court and had been facing up to three years in prison.
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Lebanon Military Court Backs Down on Waste Protesters
Some Protesters Now Set to be Tried in Civilian, Not Military, Courts
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