Lebanon: Support Justice for Beirut Blast Victims, Families

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Relatives of the victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut blast hold portraits of their loved ones on the fourth anniversary of the blast, August 4, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo / Hussein (Beirut) – Lebanon’s new government should take all necessary measures to strengthen judicial independence and ensure that the investigation into the August 2020 Beirut port explosion can proceed without undue interference or obstruction, survivors and families of Beirut port blast victims and 18 rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, said today. The groups and individuals sent a…

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