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Judge Ghada Aoun issues a travel ban against Banque du Liban chief Riad Salameh

Date: 
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Lebanon’s central bank governor was slapped with a travel ban. Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun issued a travel ban against Banque du Liban chief Riad Salameh, a judicial source confirmed to L'Orient Today. Aoun’s ban comes in response to a complaint submitted by the “People Want to Reform the System” group, represented by lawyers Haitham Ezzo and Pierre Gemayel, and prohibits Salameh from leaving the country via sea, land or air.

Acting Bodies: 
Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…)
Type: 
Judicial Decisions
Categories: 
Security
Impact: 
National
Status: 
Other / NA
Civil Society Response: 
Not applicable