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Judge: Family can’t sue Lebanon over dead man’s captivity

FILE - Amer Fakhoury, owner of Little Lebanon To Go restaurant, stands for a photo July 5, 2016, in Dover, N.H. Fakhoury, a Lebanese American restaurant owner, made his first trip back to Lebanon in 2019 in nearly 20 years to see family. In Lebanon he was accused of torturing and killing inmates at the Khiam prison where his family says he had worked as a clerk. Fakhoury was released in March 2020 and died that August from lymphoma. On Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, a judge denied the family's attempt to sue Lebanon on allegations that the country's security agency kidnapped and tortured their family member before he died in the U.S. (John Huff/Foster's Daily Democrat via AP, File) FILE - Three of Amer Fakhoury's four daughters, from left, Guila, Macy and Zoya Fakhoury, gather Nov. 5, 2019, in Salem, N.H. Amer Fakhoury was a Lebanese American restaurant owner who made his first trip back to Lebanon in 2019 in nearly 20 years to see family. In Lebanon he was accused of torturing and killing inmates at a former prison where his family says he had worked as a clerk. Fakhoury was released in March 2020 and died that August from lymphoma. On Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, a judge denied the family's attempt to sue Lebanon on allegations that the country's security agency kidnapped and tortured their family member before he died in the U.S. (AP Photo/Kathy McCormack, File)
Judge: Family can’t sue Lebanon over dead man’s captivity