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Relatives of Beirut port blast victims march towards the blast site, to mark two years since the massive dockside explosion ripped through the Lebanese capital. IMAGES
Images of the site of the August 4, 2020 blast at the Beirut port as Lebanon's marks three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked the Lebanese capital. Still nobody has been held to account as political and legal pressures suspend the investigation. IMAGES
Clashes erupt between Lebanese protesters and security forces in downtown Beirut as the country marks the first anniversary of the port blast that ravaged the city and killed more than 200 people. Dozens were injured when Lebanese police clashed with protesters demanding accountability for last year's Beirut port explosion. IMAGES
Beirut (Lebanon), Dec 10 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- A group of people with physical disabilities marched on Thursday in Beirut to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. FOOTAGE OF THE MARCH.
The UN human rights chief Volker Türk decries the lack of accountability for the 2020 Beirut port blast, urging an international probe into the massive explosion that destroyed swathes of the city, in a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council. "It may therefore be time to consider an international fact-finding mission to look into human rights violations related to this tragedy," says Volker Türk. SOUNDBITE
Lebanese protesters march in the capital Beirut to mark three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked the city. IMAGES