Two Years Later, No Justice for Slain Anti-Hezbollah Activist Lokman Slim

Lokman Slim’s sister (left) and his wife hold his picture in the family’s home in the southern suburbs of Beirut. (Lokman Slim Foundation website)

Two years after the murder of Lebanese intellectual and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, no indictment was issued by the Lebanese judiciary in a country, where impunity has become part of the public scene, as stated by Slim’s sister, Publisher Rasha Al-Amir.

Lokman Slim was found dead in his car on February 4, 2021, a day after his family reported him missing. His body was found in southern Lebanon -- a stronghold of Hezbollah. He was an outspoken activist and a researcher passionate about documenting the civil war that raged from 1975-1990 in Lebanon.