Demonstration in Beirut on August 4, 2022. Hassan Ammar / AP
Large protests are expected on the anniversary of the explosion
Tomorrow, Lebanon declares a national day of mourning to honor the victims of the explosion in the port of Beirut, LBC reports. Just like previous anniversaries, mass demonstrations are expected against the fact that no one has been held accountable.
- I have no hope for this country anymore. I'm only staying because I have to take care of my father. Everything disgusts me: the corruption, the way the politicians treat people, they don't care, says Salwa Baalbaki to The Guardian.
In an open letter, human rights organizations demand that a UN-backed commission investigate the explosion, in which 220 people died, thousands were injured and 300,000 were left homeless.
The Sursock Museum in Beirut was reopened on May 26 almost three years after it was destroyed in the port explosion. Hussein Malla / AP
Demand for UN intervention three years after the port explosion
No one has been held accountable three years after an explosion in the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut killed 220 people, injured thousands and left 300,000 homeless. Now over 300 Lebanese and international human rights organizations are demanding justice.
In an open letter, the organizations ask the UN Human Rights Council to support an international, independent review mission to investigate the responsibility behind the explosion.
"We still have no truth or justice three years after the devastating explosion took our daughter, our home and our neighborhood in a country characterized by impunity," wrote Paul and Tracy Naggear, who lost their three-year-old daughter Alexandra, in a post at Human Rights Watch.
The investigation into the explosion on August 4, 2020 has been marred by interference from politicians and authorities and stalled legal proceedings.
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