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Fadi Sawan

Fadi Sawan

First investigative judge in Beirut port blast case

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Beirut port blast: Bulgarian court jolts global push for accountability

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Removed from the case in February 2021 after charging senior officials

Five years after a warehouse of ammonium nitrate obliterated much of Beirut, a Bulgarian court has just refused to send the man tied to the ship that carried the chemicals back to Lebanon. Judges in Sofia said Lebanon hadn’t convincingly promised that dual Russian‑Cypriot businessman Igor Grechushkin would be shielded from the death penalty if extradited.

Updated Dec 11, 2025