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Ali Itawi
Plaintiffs
Samir Hammoud (General Prosecutor)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
2014-02-15
Case status
Unknown
Case summary
On his Facebook page, Ali posted a picture of him kissing a statue of the Virgin in her mouth, and through the comments on the picture he said, "She annihilated a virgin," which led to a wave of anger and disapproval at the time among the citizens. Al-Itawi published the same picture on his page for the first time in 2011, but he returned and put it "cover photo". And as a result of that, the President of the Republic, Michel Suleiman at the time, asked that what the young man had done as informing, demanding that the necessary measures be taken against him.
About the complaint
Date of contact
2014-03-08
Date of investigation
2014-03-08
Station name
Central Criminal Investigation
Detained?
Yes
Case details
Charge
Insulting virgin Mary
Charged using
Timeline
- publication
2014-02-15 - contact
2014-03-08 - investigation
2014-03-08 - detention
2014-03-08