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Ali Ismail
Plaintiffs
Gebran Bassil (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
Case status
Open
Case summary
On Wednesday 12 June 2019, Ali Ismail received a call from the cybercrime bureau and was asked to show up at the bureau the next day for interrogation. The reason for the summons is a screenshot of an old post that he had previously posted on his personal account, represented by an image of an Al-Diyar newspaper article entitled "$ 500 Million from Cedar to Bassil to Purchase Treasury Bonds." Ismail was released at 10 in the evening, without signing a pledge
About the complaint
Date of contact
2019-06-12
Date of investigation
2019-06-13
Station name
Cybercrime bureau
Detained?
No
Requested to sign a pleadge
Refused signing
Contacted via
Phone call
Case details
Charge
Libel and slander
Sentenced?
No
Timeline
- contact
2019-06-12 - investigation
2019-06-13