Monday, July 11, 2011

STL Media Advisory - International arrest warrants

Leidschendam, 11 July 2011 -The Pre-Trial Judge, Daniel Fransen, issued on Friday 8 July international arrest warrants against the accused in the 14 February 2005 attack in which the former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri and many others were killed. The Tribunal has requested Interpol to notify all States of the arrest warrants. This follows a request from STL Prosecutor Daniel A. Bellemare.

Judge Fransen's decision authorised the Office of the Prosecutor to provide Interpol with the necessary information to issue a "red notice" against each accused.

The issuing of international warrants comes after the confirmation of an indictment and its transmission along with domestic arrest warrants to the Lebanese authorities on 30 June 2011. The confirmation of that indictment means that the Pre-Trial Judge has ruled that there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial. The indictment remains confidential, and at this stage the STL has no comment to make about the identity of those accused.

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