29 Mar 2024
Wednesday 15 November 2017 - 14:24
Story Code : 283293

Lebanese President slams Hariri's alleged detention as breach of human rights



Sputnik News- Former Prime Minister Hariri, who is believed to be in Saudi Arabia, has previously stated on Twitter that he would return to Lebanon in the next few days.




Lebanese President Michel Aoun has called the alleged detention ofSaad Hariri a breach ofhuman rights, emphasizing that nothing justifies that the former prime minister has not yet returned toLebanon.
"Nothing justifies the failure ofPrime Minister Saad Hariri toreturn for12 days, therefore we consider him tobe held and detained, contrary tothe Vienna Convention," Aoun has stated.


The statement comes just a day afterHariri has announced onTwitter that he would return toLebanon inthe next two daysafterhe had pledged toresign officially.

Nevertheless, President Aoun has refused toaccept the resignation andaskedthe Saudi authorities why Hariri couldn't return home.

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