• Nidal Al Sabaa

Plaintiffs
Nader Hariri (Former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Saad Hariri)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Twitter
Date of publication
Case status
Open

Case summary

On Monday, October 3, 2022, the Central Criminal Investigation Office at the Palace of Justice in Beirut investigated political analyst and journalist Nidal al-Saba', after he was summoned on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, against the background of a complaint of "libel and slander" submitted by Nader Hariri, against The background of two tweets, the first talks about “a secret visit by Hariri and his mother, former MP Bahia Hariri to the State of Qatar”, and the second talks about “Kimia ships and contacts between Hariri and Representative Gibran Bassil.” on a residence document.

About the complaint

Date of contact
2022-09-27
Date of investigation
2022-10-03
Station name
Criminal Investigations bureau in Beirut
Detained?
No
Contacted via
Phone call

Case details

Charge
libel and slander

Timeline

  1. contact
    2022-09-27
  2. investigation
    2022-10-03