• Yussuf El Khoury

Plaintiffs
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
2020-09-23
Case status
Open

Case summary

On Friday, October 30, 2020, the Central Criminal Investigation Department summoned Youssef El-Khoury for investigation on Monday without informing him of the reason for the summons. The investigation was against the background of the post he wrote under the title (“Your Size:“ Scrape ”of a Pencil in the Hand of a Maronite Patriarch!” The investigation with him was scientific and logical, confirming that he did not target the Shiite sect, but rather certain persons belonging to this sect, specifically Shi'a al-Faqih and Hezbollah. Then, on Monday, November 2, 2020, the discriminatory public attorney, Judge Ghassan El-Khoury, gave an indication of his arrest on charges of "inciting sectarian strife and slander." 24 hours after he was arrested for stirring up sectarian slurs through an article published on his Facebook page, director Youssef El-Khoury left today with a residence permit.

About the complaint

Date of contact
2020-10-30
Date of investigation
2020-11-02
Station name
Central Criminal Investigation
Detained?
Yes
Detention length (days)
1
Request to delete content?
No
Requested to sign a pleadge
Refused signing
Contacted via
Phone call

Case details

Charge
Stirring up sectarian strife and slander
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. publication
    2020-09-23
  2. contact
    2020-10-30
  3. investigation
    2020-11-02