Friday, October 11, 2013

STL requests that the Lebanese authorities take further steps to advertise new accused

Beirut, 11 October 2013 – Representatives of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon delivered today posters of Hassan Habib Merhi to the Lebanese authorities for the purpose of public advertisement. Mr. Merhi is accused of being involved in the 14 February 2005 Beirut attack.

According to the Tribunal's rules, the Lebanese authorities are requested to advertise the poster in the media to notify the public and to call on the accused to surrender to the Tribunal. The information given to the Lebanese authorities includes the biographical details of Mr. Merhi along with two identifying photographs.
The STL Prosecution's case and charges against Mr. Merhi are outlined in the publicly redacted version of the indictment.
 
A high resolution of the poster can be found on the STL Flickr account.

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