Lebanese Lawyers Assaulted by Syrian Delegation in Cairo
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A Lebanese lawyers delegation was assaulted Sunday by members of the Syrian delegation as Lebanon's representative was delivering a speech on terrorism at the Conference of Arab Lawyers in Cairo.
“Lebanese lawyers representing the Beirut and Tripoli bar associations at the 23rd general conference of Arab lawyers in Cairo came under a blatant attack from the Syrian lawyers delegation representing Bashar Assad's regime,” the media department of Lebanon's al-Mustaqbal movement announced.
The assault happened as “Fadi Saad, the coordinator of al-Mustaqbal movement's lawyers dept., was delivering a speech before the committee specialized in terrorism affairs,” Mustaqbal added.
“As the lawyer Saad was delivering his speech, he was interrupted several times by Assad's representatives, before they assaulted him and Lebanese delegation members Jabil Qambris and Munir al-Husseini,” it said.
An Internet video shows the Syrian lawyers pouncing on Saad and his colleagues the moment he makes a comparison between the approaches of the Syrian and Egyptian armies towards the Arab Spring uprisings that erupted in their countries.
In a separate statement, Mustaqbal's lawyers department condemned what it called “the vicious attack against Lebanon's lawyers delegation at the hands of the thugs of Bashar Assad's regime.”
The statement called on the Arab Lawyers Union to “take a decisive stance on what happened and exclude the representatives of the Assad regime from participation in the conferences of Arab lawyers.”
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi telephoned Beirut Bar Association chief George Jreij and Tripoli Bar Association chief Fahd al-Muqaddam to condemn the assault.
He also called for “boycotting” the Syrian regime and “taking the appropriate measures against it by depriving it of participation in the Arab legal and judicial conferences and forums,” urging Cairo to “penalize the perpetrators of this attack.”
Y.R.
18 January 2015, 23:02
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They're free to say what they want, they're also free to get whooped when they insult people. They totally deserved the beating for these provocations and interference in syrian affairs that comes after sending fighters from tripoli
Ashamed of these wahhabis representing lebanon
18 January 2015, 23:18
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Momo, let's think this over for a second. First of all, how is it an "insult" especially since the Arab League suspended Syria's membership, and replaced Assad with the National Coalition as Syria's representative? Second, let's analyse what the guy said. Two times did the Egyptian army remove the president when the people protested, while the Syrian army used lethal force to put down the uprising, and for four years has dropped barrel bombs on tens of thousands of women and children (I know "the takfiri were behind the uprising", same broken record playing over and over)
19 January 2015, 03:32
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mowaten, "provocations and interference in syrian affairs"? LOL.
And "provocations and interference in bahreini affairs" were ok with you just 2 days ago, dumbass?
19 January 2015, 04:59
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They're free to say what they want, they're also free to get assassinated when they insult the Syrian Regime. They totally deserved the killing for these provocations and interference in syrian occupation of Lebanon (ask Rene Mouad, Rafic Harriri, Gibran Tueini, Pierre Gemayel, 3eido, shat2hm etc.....)
Mowaten, you have outdone yourself with this post.
19 January 2015, 05:11
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Forgive mowaten he was trained that way by the syrian Mukhabarat when he worked for the syrian occupation. Then he used to beat up Christians because they called Assad and son butchers, so they deserved it. Beating people up for their thoughts this is in wheelhouse.
19 January 2015, 05:58
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by the same token mowateh, nassrallah deserves a bigger beating for his provocations and interference in Syria, Iraq, Bahrain and Yemen. You are a certified terrorist no doubt about it.
19 January 2015, 15:32
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lol popeye, if you could you would have already. you dream about it every night i bet, but when you wake up you're still the weak insignificant and helpless little man you always were.
TheDog (Guest): thanks for pointing out this parallel, it was exactly what i was hoping for. somehow you found it inacceptable that nasrallah makes a comment about bahrein, even though his words were words of peace and he never sent fighters or weapons or money to bahrein's peaceful revolution.
how come suddenly you find it okay for those who did send fighters, weapons and money to syria's brutal terrorists to make daily insulting remarks and provocations?
i'll tell you how, you're plain hypocrites, the lot of you. that's how
19 January 2015, 04:16
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These imabsiles are finally realizing that people are no longer afraid to call them the monsters and terrorists they truly are and they are reacting violently to it.
19 January 2015, 06:26
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The title should read. Most of the people attending assaulted him. That was a lot of people.
19 January 2015, 15:32
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hahaha anonyme, always seeing things and hearing voices. dude take it easy on the pipe
