Walkouts and protests continue in belarus with growing calls for president Alexander Lukashenko to resign. But he went back to court has convicted one member of the armed Group Hezbollah of conspiracy in the sasa nation of lebanons former Prime Minister rafik hariri the salim jamil i was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia for the bombing in beirut in 2005 which killed 21 other people the 3 other defendants were acquitted because of insufficient evidence the attack was an act of terrorism that was designed to spread fear among lebanese population it was committed for political and not personal reasons the Trial Chamber is of the view that syria and hezbollah may have had motives to eliminate mr hariri and some of his political allies however there was no evidence that this hezbollah leadership had any involvement in mr hariri murder and there is no direct evidence of syrian involvement in it. Is that what is live for us in beirut saying just one of the 4 found guilty was that expected
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A. Result that is satisfying. Also ahead on this program ali and is gather again to demand the resignation of the president after reports of a military mutiny. No protests and strikes in belarus where pressure is mounting on the president Alexander Lukashenko over his disputed reelection. If you think things cannot possibly get worse trust me they can and they will if we dont make a change in this election and the former u. S. 1st Lady Michelle obama declares the President Donald Trump is in over his head during a plea for voters to back joe biden. Tribunals has convicted a member of hezbollah over the assassination of the former lebanese Prime Minister rafik hariri the killing in 2005 set the stage for years of confrontation between rival Political Forces judges in the hague were found. Guilty of committing terrorist acts and of homicide the. Bought the explosives and coordinated surveillance on hariri beforehand the 3 other members of hezbollah were acquitted because of a lack of evi
And welcome again im peter wu watching aljazeera live from our Global Headquarters here in qatar also ahead more chaos in mali and now there are reports of senior politicians being arrested in a military mutiny. I was actually a walker some protests continue in belarus with growing calls for president Alexander Lukashenko to resign. Lets get going our top story a u. N. Backed tribunal has now convicted a member of hezbollah for the assassination of the former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq. The killing in 2005 set the stage for years of confrontation between rival Political Forces judges at the hague found salim. Guilty of committing terrorist acts and of homicide they say. Bought the car used in the Suicide Attack and coordinated surveillance of hariri beforehand the 3 other hezbollah members were acquitted because of a lack of evidence none were in court has denies involvement and has refused to hand them over the judges so that while hezbollahs leaders and the Syrian Government might
Political prisoners. Good to have you with us one of the been accused of murdering former lebanese Prime Minister rafik hariri 15 years ago has been found guilty the un backed court in the netherlands ruled that hezbollah a member was involved in the killing a court acquitted 3 other defendants the former sunni leader was killed along with 21 other people in a bomb attack in beirut in 2005 the International Force in the hague tried 4 suspects and if they are members of the shiite militant Group Hezbollah which is now part of lebanons government the Islamist Group denies any involvement the verdict was supposed to be given at the beginning of this month was delayed because of the tetley explosion at beiruts airport. Earlier we spoke today correspondent whos been following the trial from brussels he told us more about the man whos been convicted. The 56 year old terry has been convicted in absentia and the judge just said they were satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that he possessed on