Lebanese Lawyers Assaulted by Syrian Delegation in Cairo
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.”
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