• 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

Timeline

  1. publication
    2014-02-15
  2. contact
    2014-03-08
  3. investigation
    2014-03-08
  4. detention
    2014-03-08