Court of Appeal

Ghada Aoun Should Appear Before the Disciplinary Council on Friday

The General Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Mount Lebanon, Judge Ghada Aoun, who was removed from her duties in May 2023 by the judiciary's Disciplinary Council for a string of misconduct and abuses she had committed in the course of her duties, is set to appear before this Council on Friday. The focus of the hearing is the appeal Aoun filed ...

Hajjar Plans 'Punitive Measures' Against Ghada Aoun

Judge Jamal Hajjar, Acting Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, is considering punitive measures against Ghada Aoun, Attorney General at the Court of Appeal, who was dismissed from her post in May 2023, following damaging behavior that tarnished the Lebanese judiciary. This was due to Aoun's refusal to comply with Hajjar's decisions and ...

Ghada Aoun Retorts to Prosecutor Hajjar's Decision to Discharge Her

Public Prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, Ghada Aoun, retorted to Acting Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Jamal Hajjar’s decision to discharge her from all cases she is working on by accusing him of “usurping” his post. Twice dismissed from office, Aoun was quick to react in the most unusual way, by ...

Tariq Ramadan to Appeal Swiss Rape Conviction

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who has been convicted of rape by a Geneva appeals court and sentenced to prison, will contest the verdict before Switzerland's highest court, his lawyers said on Tuesday. After being acquitted last year, a Geneva appeals court said on Tuesday it had found the 62-year-old former Oxford University professor "guilty ...