A year on from the chemical explosion that rocked Beirut and not a single politician or official have been held accountable for the blast, lawyer and activist Diane Assaf says.The explosions killed more than 200 people and injured at least another 6,500 more – as well as leaving hundreds of thousands of Beirutis homeless.Assaf, who herself has lost a friend in the blast, says that after a year not a single official report has been issued to reveal the cause of the explosion and adds that the judiciary in Lebanon isn’t capable of holding politicians to account.
and not a single politician or official have been held accountable for the blast, lawyer and activist Diane Assaf says.
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