• Ibrahim Al-Amin, 
  • Amal Khalil

Plaintiffs
Michel Suleiman (Former President)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Website
Date of publication
2019-03-17
Case status
Closed

Case summary

On March 17, 2016, Al-Akhbar published an article titled "The Presidential Security Advisor: A Car Thief and the Faces" by Amal Khalil. In response, former President Michel Suleiman filed a lawsuit against Amal a.l-Khalil, Ibrahim al-Amin and Al-Akhbar newspaper.

About the complaint

Detained?
No
Request to delete content?
No
Requested to sign a pleadge
No

Case details

Charge
Slander, Libel, fake news
Bail
2000000
Sentenced?
Yes
Sentence
Fined two million Lebanese pounds, and committed in them solidarity to pay ten million Lebanese pounds as Malfunction and damage to the plaintiff
In absentia?
No

Timeline

  6. hearing
    2017-05-17
  7. ruling
    2018-07-05
  8. publication
    2019-03-17

References

  1. http://www.lebtime.com/2018/07/10-PGMS-Akhbar.html
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