Lebanon is at it again: rubbish crisis protesters are to be tried in military courts, according to
this report. Excerpt:
“It has become abundantly clear that civilians cannot get a fair trial in Lebanon‘s military courts,” Lama Fakih, [Human Right Watch's] deputy Middle East director, told Al Jazeera. “Military courts have no business trying civilians, and Lebanon should end this troubling practice.”
Aly Sleem, who was also arrested during a protest that summer and faces a military trial for which the date has not yet been set, told Al Jazeera that these trials are being used to suppress opposition.
“Military trials are being used as a tool [for] oppressing citizens,” he told Al Jazeera.
Sleem was charged with damaging police property, an accusation that he denies. As is standard with military trials, he was not allowed access to a lawyer during the period of investigation.
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