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Armed Leaders’ Liability
The article compares Samir Geagea’s trial in the 1990s, Sheikh Ahmad al-Asir’s case following the 2013 events in Abra, and the seizure of an explosives shipment in Dahr al-Baidar in October 2026, raising the question of leaders’ responsibility for the actions of their subordinates. It argues that the same standard must apply to all: criminal liability is personal, and organizational authority alone is not enough to secure a conviction. A leader may, however, be held accountable if their participation is proven under Articles 217 and 219 of the Penal Code. The article notes that the death sentence imposed on al-Asir in 2017 was overturned and a retrial ordered, meaning there is no final judgment in the Abra case. It also criticizes his continued detention since August 2015 without the case being resolved. The article concludes that the Dahr al-Baidar shipment must be investigated and responsibility established on the basis of evidence, while safeguarding the presumption of innocence and applying the rules of prosecution and proof equally to everyone, without exception.
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