• Rasheed Joumblatt

Plaintiffs
Gebran Bassil (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
2019-04-30
Case status
Closed

Case summary

The general Security arrested for 4 days the former leader of the Arab Tawheed Party, Rasheed Joumblatt, on charges of "inciting sectarian strife and insulting some positions" and "insulting and slandering Minister Gebran Bassil" in a video that was recently published on Facebook on April 30, 2019.The investigating magistrate in Mount Lebanon, Kamal Nassar, issued a decision to leave him after he paid a bail and Gibran Bassil retracted the case against him.

About the complaint

Date of investigation
2019-05-13
Station name
State-Security Department
Detained?
Yes
Detention length (days)
4
Reconciliation?
yes

Case details

Charge
"inciting sectarian strife and slander & libel
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  5. publication
    2019-04-30
  6. investigation
    2019-05-13
  7. detention
    2019-05-13
  8. release
    2019-05-17

References

  1. https://www.almodon.com/media/2019/5/13/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%
  2. https://www.almodon.com/media/2019/5/17/%D8%A5%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%
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