• Nabil Al-Halabi

Plaintiffs
Nohad Machnouk (Former Minister of Interior and Municipalities)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
2016-04-04
Case status
Open

Case summary

In his Facebook posts, Al-Halabi accused Interior Ministry officials of corruption and potential collusion with people arrested by the Internal Security Forces on March 27 2016 in connection with the sexual trafficking of Syrian women. On April 12 2016, Minister of Interior Nuhad Al-Machnouk filed a defamation lawsuit against Al-Halabi before the Public Prosecution Office in Beirut.

About the complaint

Date of investigation
2016-05-30
Station name
Choueifat Police Station
Detained?
Yes
Detention length (days)
3
Request to delete content?
No
Requested to sign a pleadge
Yes
Contacted via
In person

Case details

Charge
Slander and Libel

Timeline

  1. publication
    2016-04-04
  2. investigation
    2016-05-30