Ghada Aoun

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 ...

Aoun Refrains From Appearing Before Disciplinary Commission

Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun failed to attend a hearing session in front of the Supreme Disciplinary Authority (SDA) on Monday. Aoun had submitted a written excuse through her attorney, Roland Awad, claiming that the reason is SDA’s failure to resolve two requests which she had submitted to the General Authority of the ...

Ghada Aoun Referred to Judicial Inspection Authority

"Old habits die hard." This proverb is fitting to Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun’s situation, as she seems unwilling to change her behavior or reciprocate the conciliatory efforts of Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Jamal Hajjar. True to the saying "Nature prevails over nurture," Aoun has once again defied Hajjar's ...

Ghada Aoun Seeks to Escape Justice by Multiplying Appeals

For the fifth consecutive time, the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal, Ghada Aoun, who has been struck off the judiciary, refused to appear before the Higher Disciplinary Council on Monday. It was, in fact, she who had brought the appeal to this instance to invalidate the decision of the Judicial Disciplinary Council to dismiss her from her ...

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 ...

Mikati Orders Compliance With Judge Hajjar in Ghada Aoun Case

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was officially notified on Friday of Acting Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Jamal Hajjar's decision to dismiss Ghada Aoun, Public Prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, on the grounds of professional misconduct. He immediately sent a memorandum to all ministries, administrations and ...

Ghada Aoun Sidelined

Following the issuance of a circular by the Acting Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Jamal Hajjar, instructing the judicial police, along with all ministries and public administrations, to disregard the directives of Mount Lebanon Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal, Ghada Aoun has been effectively sidelined from her duties and ...

Bassil Visits Rai to Talk About Presidency

Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) chief Gebran Bassil said that the real fear is “laxity with regard to the presidential vacancy, and this issue must be separated from the others.” After meeting with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, Bassil stated that “there is a process aimed at preventing and blocking the election of a president of the ...

Ghada Aoun: When Justice Is (Finally) Served!

On Sunday morning, the Public Prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, Ghada Aoun, had the nerve to tweet the following on her X account: "This country does not deserve justice; it deserves a mafia regime that controls all its resources. [...] The fight against corruption no longer makes sense. At least I leave with a clear conscience. ...

Will Hajjar Get the Better of Ghada Aoun's Judicial Blunders?

Following years of abuse and judicial misconduct, Ghada Aoun, the Public Prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, was finally scheduled to appear before the Judicial Disciplinary Council on Monday at 3 PM. Since her dismissal in May 2023, Aoun has repeatedly refused to comply with summonses from this judicial body. Ghada Aoun has ...

Editorial - Scorn and Jungle Law‘s Reign

Advocating for the establishment of the rule of law in Lebanon may seem utopian, even somewhat naïve, given the current circumstances and the sweeping changes in the Middle East. However, is it too much to ask that the Lebanese at least aspire to be free from the jungle law and the laughable, grotesque reign of scorn and absurdity? In short, is ...