• Mohamad (Mark) Issa

Plaintiffs
Mohamad Jamil Jaafel (Lawyer) Michel Falleh (Lawyer) Walid Hodrj (Lawyer) (Dar Al Fatwa)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Twitter
Date of publication
2018-12-25
Case status
Open

Case summary

Mark's tweets were considered offensive to Islam. His father and brother, Mark resides outside Lebanon, were told to attend the cybercrime bureau to hear them as witnesses. The Public Prosecutor's Office referred the case to the first investigating judge in Beirut, Ghassan Oweidat, for taking the decision. The first investigating judge in Beirut issued a thought decision and referred Iss to the trial before the single criminal judge.

About the complaint

Station name
Cybercrime bureau
Detained?
No

Case details

Charge
offending the religion and provoking sedition as well as the crime of communication with "the Israeli enemy
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. publication
    2018-12-25