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A group of 120 victims of the Beirut port blast sent a letter to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday requesting a UN fact-finding mission to assist Lebanon’s domestic investigation after it failed to progress, 19 months after the deadly incident. On 4 August 2020, a warehouse housing hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut port, killing over 250 and injuring 7,000. Though the then-government promised to find those responsible within days, not one person has been charged in connection with the blast until now. The letter sent by the port blast victims asks that the UN…