REPORT: Relatives of Islamist inmates call for re-arresting Samaha

Maroun Nassif Author: Maroun Nassif
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2016-01-15 | 07:45
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REPORT: Relatives of Islamist inmates call for re-arresting Samaha
The spokesman of the Islamist inmates’ relatives, Sheikh Mohammad Ibrahim, called Friday for re-arresting former Minister Michel Samaha and imposing harsh penalties on him.
 

During a demonstration held in the northern city of Tripoli, Ibrahim demanded the release of Muslim youths and the sacking of officials affiliated with Iran and Syria.

 

This as Ibrahim vowed to take escalatory steps if their demands are not met.

   
Earlier today, detained Ziad Saleh, who is best known as Ziad Allouki, declared in an audio recording from the Roumieh prison that Tripoli’s Islamic inmates had began a hunger strike to protest over the release of former Minister Michel Samaha.
 

Yesterday, Former Information Minister Michel Samaha who is close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was released on bail after serving a jail term for smuggling explosives into Lebanon from Syria and planning attacks.

 

Samaha was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison in May, having been detained since August 2012.

 

The Military Court released him on bail secured by LBP 150 million.

 
 
 
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