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These citizens are divided into two main categories, convicts and kidnap victims. Najjar said
The justice ministry should handle the convicts' issue, he said.
Najjar, however, did not say which department should follow up on the issue of kidnap...
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Background
Samir Farid Geagea (Arabic: سمير فريد جعجع, also Samir Ja`ja`) born October 25, 1952 is the leader of the right wing Lebanese Forces (LF) political party. He led LF in the Lebanese Civil War and after the war he was tried and found guilty of four war-related crimes, including the assassination of Lebanon's Prime Minister, in what Amnesty International called an "unfair trial [...] in a climate of political repression and intimidation." He was given the death sentence which was later reduced to life in prison. Geagea was imprisoned for 11 years in solitary confinement for the alleged crimes but later pardoned by Lebanese Parliament after the Cedar Revolution and the end of the Syrian occupation. This Pardon was passed by the newly-elected Lebanese Parliament in 2005. He is currently one of the leaders of March 14 Alliance alongside Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt and Amine Gemayel.
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2 weeks ago from Lebanon Daily Star