• Carl Gerges
  • Firas Abou Fakher
  • Haig Papazian
  • Hamed Sinno

Plaintiffs
Philip Saif (Activist)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
Case status
Closed

Case summary

After the Maronite Archdiocese of Jbeil had issued a statement calling on the concert of Mashrou Leila to be canceled , the activist Philip Saif had filed a lawsuit against this band. The members of the band deleted their posts on facebook that considered that to be insulting the christian religion

About the complaint

Date of contact
2019-07-22
Date of investigation
2019-07-24
Station name
General Directorate of State Security
Detained?
No
Request to delete content?
Forced to delete
Requested to sign a pleadge
Yes

Case details

القضاة
  • Ghada Aoun - State security apparatus - Aley
Charge
insulting religions and stirring sectarian strife
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. contact
    2019-07-22
  2. investigation
    2019-07-24