Beirut Port Blast Victims’ Families Committee

Rule Changes

Driving street pressure and international outreach for accountability

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