Lebanon's "Four Generals" to freedom soon? Pre-Trial Judge orders the prosecutor to request or not the continued holding...

UN News Center, here

"The continued detention in Lebanon of persons of interest in the bomb blast that killed the country’s former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri must be substantiated before the end of the month, a judge of the United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try the case has said.

Yesterday, Daniel Fransen, the Pre-Trial Judge for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ordered the prosecutor to file, by 27 April 2009, reasoned submissions stating whether or not he requests the continued holding of those persons, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said today.

Mr. Fransen stressed that that it is a fundamental right, enshrined in all human rights instruments, that any individual arrested or detained be brought promptly before a judge to rule on his or her detention status..."