Ariel Sharon, "the Butcher of Beirut" --
1928 – 2014
Human Rights Watch:
Human Rights Watch released a statement today lamenting the fact that Sharon died without facing justice for his role in the massacres in the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Lebanon in 1982.
“It’s a shame that Sharon has gone to his grave without facing justice for his role in Sabra and Shatilla and other abuses,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “His passing is another grim reminder that years of virtual impunity for rights abuses have done nothing to bring Israeli-Palestinian peace any closer.”
“For the thousands of victims of abuses, Sharon’s passing without facing justice magnifies their tragedy,” she said.