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Bulletin
December 2015
The STL Bulletin provides a monthly overview of the latest developments, news and visits to the Special Tribunal
for Lebanon. It is not a judicial document with legal authority. It is one of a number of public information
documents produced by the Tribunal. You can view them all at http://www.stl-tsl.org/en/news-and-press.
Judicial developments
The Prosecutor v. Ayyash et al. (STL-11-01)1
On 1 December, protected witness PRH 416 testified before the Trial Chamber. The witness worked
as a bodyguard for someone he knew as Sami Issa
throughout his employment until late January 2005.
The Prosecution claims that Sami Issa was an alias for
the Accused Mustafa Amine Badreddine.
The Prosecution asked the witness about his background and where he worked before he met Mr Issa,
the job interview he had with him, as well as about
the kind of work he did when he was hired. The
witness confirmed that Mr Issa owned three jewelry
shops called Samino. He also said that he used to work
six days a week and that there were four bodyguards
including himself, accompanying Mr Issa. The Prosecution asked the witness about the various locations he
encountered in his duties, including the pick-up and
drop-off points of the cars he drove, and where he met
him on some occasions. He was also asked about the
cars Mr Issa had. He said that he saw him driving six
The witness was additionally asked about different locations that he had identified earlier on a Zawarib Atlas
map when he met with Prosecution investigators. One
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as resembling Mr Issa. He was also shown a photograph of an allegedly younger Mustafa Badreddine,
whom he did not recognise.
On 14 December, Defence Counsel for Mr Badreddine cross-examined witness PRH 264. The witness
was questioned about his interview with the Prosecution and his witness statements of June 2011 and
January 2012. He was also asked about names in his
phone directory and about Mr Issa. The witness said
the last time he saw Mr Issa was on the street when
he was consoling the witness for his fathers death in
2010. He was also asked about the way Mr Issa walks
and if he wore eyeglasses. The witness explained that
Mr Issa used to wear a support for his knee and that
sometimes he saw him with glasses. He also added that
the majority of the time he would wear a baseball cap.
He was further asked about his relationship with Mr
Issa and about his jewelry stores. He said that Mr Issa
already owned the stores when he met him. In addition, the witness was questioned about a reservation he
made for Mr Issa for New Years Eve on 31 December
2009 in Lebanon. The witness explained that he was
not with Mr Issa and his friends, but only made the
reservation. He was then questioned about SMS
messages and phone calls exchanged between him and
Mr Issa on 14 and 15 February 2005. The witness said
that Mr Issa contacted him to check on him in light
of the assassination of Prime Minister Hariri and that
they discussed what happened during that day.
On 15 December, protected witness PRH 089 testified before the Trial Chamber. During his examination-in-chief, the witness said that he met Mr Issa at
university in 2003, when they became friends. He said
that he left university in mid-2004 to 2005, but he still
used to see Mr Issa three to four times a week.
He was further asked about Mr Issas physical appearance. He said that the only distinctive feature was the
injury he had in his right leg. He added that Mr Issa
told him he was living with his family in the Emirates
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In the case against Akhbar Beirut S.A.L. and Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Ali Al Amin - STL-14-06
On 11 December, a pre-trial conference was held in the
case of STL-14-06. Prior to the conference, the Amicus
Curiae Prosecutor (Amicus) had filed nine motions: A
request for authorization to amend his witness list; a
request for postponement of trial; two applications for
protective measures; two addenda to the applications
for protective measures; a request for judicial notice;
a request for an addendum on an expert report; and
a request for authorisation to amend the indictment.
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