A UN-backed court sentenced two Hezbollah members in their absence to life imprisonment on Thursday after they were convicted on appeal for the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s ex-premier Rafic Hariri.
“The appeals chamber unanimously decides to sentence Mr (Habib) Merhi and Mr (Hussein) Oneissi to life imprisonment, the heaviest sentence under the statute and the rules,” presiding judge Ivana Hrdlickova said at the Dutch-based court.
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