• Saeed Abdullah

Plaintiffs
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
2020-10-30
Case status
Open

Case summary

Saeed's case began when he published posts on his Facebook page criticizing the president of the republic in a harsh manner, then publishing a picture that was deemed offensive to Christ and other posts deemed offensive to religions. His Facebook page does not show any significant interactions, and the number of clicks on his posts does not exceed the number of fingers on one hand. However, unfortunately for him, there were those who saw in these almost invisible posts a reason to “be snubbed” by the security services, as activist Michel Chamoun took screenshots of Saeed's posts and posted them on his Facebook page with the inclusion of the Internal Security Forces' request to stop him. Automatically Abdullah received a summons from the Cybercrime Office to investigate

About the complaint

Detained?
Yes
Detention length (days)
47
Request to delete content?
Required to delete
Requested to sign a pleadge
Refused signing

Case details

القضاة
  • Bassam El Hajj - Central bureau of criminal investigations - Beirut
Charge
Insulting the President and the religions
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. publication
    2020-10-30
  2. detention
    2020-10-30
  3. release
    2020-12-15