Rights Groups Call for UN Investigation into Beirut Port Explosion
News - Middle East - Lebanon: A number of rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW), have called for an investigation by the United Nations into the devastating port explosion that claimed more than 200 lives in Lebanon's capital Beirut last year, despite rejection by Lebanese officials of an international probe into the high-profile case.
The plea was made on Tuesday as Lebanese leaders are under growing pressure at home and abroad to provide answers for the Beirut port blast that destroyed swaths of the country’s capital last August, after they rejected an international probe into the case.
"The continuing failure of the domestic process reinforces the need for an international investigation to determine the causes of the explosion and who was responsible," HRW said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The cost of such a failure includes not just the absence of justice for victims, but the... risk of further abuse and negligence by the responsible parties."
Lebanese citizens blame the deadly explosion on decades of negligence and corruption by the country's officials, none of whom have been detained over the tragedy.
Source: Press TV
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