2023-06-14 04:49:00
Paul Najjar and his daughter Alexandre
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A new positive step was recorded by the families of the victims of the Beirut port explosion within the long course of justice, with the British Supreme Court of Justice approving yesterday a compensation of 100 thousand pounds sterling (approximately 125 thousand dollars) to three plaintiffs from the families of the victims once morest the Savaro company, and an amount of 500 thousand pounds (approximately 628 thousand dollars). ) to a woman injured in the explosion, in compensation for the physical and moral damage and covering her medical expenses.
The verdict came once morest Savaro, the company that owned the shipment of ammonium nitrate that exploded in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, at a value of 850,000 pounds sterling (more than one million US dollars). Paul and Tracy Najjar, the parents of the child Alexandra Najjar, the youngest victim in this explosion, included. It shook the Lebanese capital, and the family of the fire brigade member, Ralph Mallahi, in addition to the injured Inaam Kayyal.
We felt like winning
Paul Najjar made it clear that the British rule was fair to his family.
He also considered that “what happened in Britain will be the starting point for cases brought by families of other victims once morest Savaro.”
Paul Najjar and his daughter Alexandre
The Lebanese judiciary did not do us justice
Najjar regretted, “because the Lebanese judiciary did not do justice to them, as the British judiciary did,” considering that the verdict that was issued confirms that there is hope to reach the justice that the families of the victims await, and to hold those responsible for the port explosion accountable.
The dear is gone
In addition, he explained, saying, “The material revenues from British rule do not concern us and have no meaning for us because the precious one is gone” (the child Alexandra), and the possibility of collecting compensation is difficult, because the company was liquidated in Britain, and indicated that the identity of the owner of Savaro was not specified. Until now, he is only trying to find out his whereregardings.
Beirut port explosion (archive – France Press)
We will not rest
In addition, Najjar affirmed, “The families of the victims will not be satisfied until justice is achieved. He said:” What happened in Britain is a message of hope for us, and there are similar lawsuits opened in American courts in parallel with our moves towards the United Nations Human Rights Council to achieve justice. We hope that we will get justice. As a result, a decision was made to form an international fact-finding committee in the coming months.”
And with the British court affirming the rights of the families’ victims once morest the Savaro company, owner of the ammonium nitrate shipment that exploded in the port of Beirut, it remains most important for the families to be able to implement this ruling and force the company to pay compensation following examining its financial accounts, which opens the door for the joining of all the families of the victims, the wounded and the affected. From the explosion to similar lawsuits in Britain.
Families of the victims of the Beirut explosion (archive – France Press)
It is noteworthy that in this case, the people were represented by the prosecution office of the Beirut Bar Association, which was established by the former captain, Melhem Khalaf, and the British law firm Dechert LLP, who succeeded in June 2022 in obtaining a ruling to disclose the names of the company’s owners, and they extracted a ruling in February Last February, Savaro proved responsible for the port explosion.
The movements of the families of the victims towards the external judiciary came at a time when political forces, especially those revolving in the orbit of the axis of resistance led by Hezbollah, succeeded in disrupting the internal investigations regarding the Beirut port explosion, which have been stalled since the beginning of the year, and the judicial investigator, Judge Tariq Al-Bitar, stopped completing his investigations following He issued orders to arrest senior security, political and judicial officials suspected of involvement in the explosion.
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