BEIRUT - A military investigative judge charged a Lebanese-American man with murder and torture of Lebanese citizens Tuesday, crimes he allegedly committed during Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon, judicial officials said. Human rights groups have said in the past that Khiam Prison was a site of torture and detention without trial. However, Fakhoury’s lawyer and family have said he was never named when extensive investigations of Khiam Prison were conducted years ago. But the new charges also are outdated and the judges are not being impartial, Fakhoury’s lawyer said. Fakhoury’s lawyer and family say he fled Lebanon in 2001 through Israel and eventually to the U.S.____McCormack contributed from Concord, N.H.

Source: thestar February 04, 2020 12:32 UTC