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Lebanese Journalist on Trial for Contempt at The Hague

The former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, was murdered in a car bomb in 2005. After more than 10 years, the UN tribunal set up to investigate that killing has its first defendant in the dock, but it's not any of the main suspects or their alleged paymasters. It's a Lebanese journalist called Karma Khayat who is accused, along with her TV station al-Jadeed of revealing information about witnesses. Before she went to The Hague Karma Khayat talked about the accusation against her: revealing information about witnesses connected to the assassination of Rafik Hariri.

(Photo: Karma Khayat. Credit: Reuters)

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