Siniora: Publishing STL witnesses’ photos and names aims at derailing justice

The head of the Future bloc Fouad Siniora noted on Friday that publishing the names and photos of the alleged witnesses of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) aims at “blackmailing and intimidating the real witnesses and their families and at affecting the tribunal’s credibility.”            

In this context, Siniora called on the government and the officials, mainly the Justice Minister “to prosecute those who leaked the aforementioned information and to consider their actions as a crime aiming at hindering the course of justice”.                

On Tuesday 9th of April, Lebanese online newspaper Al-Mustaqbal was hacked.            

The homepage of the newspaper showed names and pictures of the so called secret witnesses of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon instead of the usual news articles.                

Prior to the cyber attack, Lebanese people received text messages on their cellular phones which included the names of the STL's secret witnesses and the website of Al-Mustaqbal newspaper.                      

The administration of the newspaper declared that it will restore the website after providing the necessary security measures.