• Elham Al Hallak

Plaintiffs
Najib Mikati (Former Prime Minister)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
2018-03-18
Case status
Closed

Case summary

The Cybecrime Bureau summoned Elham over several Facebook posts criticizing former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, former secretary-general of the Future Movement. Ahmed Hariri intervened to have her released. She refused to post an apology on Facebook and signed a pledgeز

About the complaint

Date of contact
2018-03-18
Date of investigation
2018-03-19
Station name
Cybercrime bureau
Detained?
No
Request to delete content?
Required to delete
Requested to sign a pleadge
Yes
Reconciliation?
yes

Case details

Sentenced?
No
Sentence
Slander and libel

Timeline

  1. publication
    2018-03-18
  2. contact
    2018-03-18
  3. investigation
    2018-03-19