• Mayssam Rizk

Plaintiffs
Peter Germanus (Government Commissioner to the Military Court)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Website
Date of publication
2019-01-26
Case status
Open

Case summary

Journalist Mayssam Rizk wrote an article entitled "Proceedings of the Supreme Council for the Defense of the South: Disputes over Demarcation and the Army's Response." Then, on January 31, 2019, the government commissioner in the military court charged journalist Mayssam Rizk with libel and defamation and asked her to be tried by the publishing court.

About the complaint

Case details

Charge
Slander, libel, and defamation of the Lebanese army

Timeline

  1. publication
    2019-01-26