• Abed El Karim Kambriss
  • Chafic Badr
  • Ziad Zeidan

Plaintiffs
Fadi Baghaghi (Media Advisor to the Governor of Beirut)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
Case status
Closed

Case summary

On the morning of Monday, February 4, 2019, the cyber crimes bureau investigated the activists Ziad Zeidan, Shafiq Badr and Abdel-Karim Qumbris, following a complaint submitted by the media advisor to the governor of Beirut, Fadi Baghdadi, on charges of “slander and libel” against the background of their facebook posts, where they accused the mayor of Beirut, Jamal Itani, of violating the law.

About the complaint

Date of contact
2019-02-01
Date of investigation
2019-02-04
Station name
Cybercrime bureau
Detained?
No
Request to delete content?
Forced to delete
Requested to sign a pleadge
Yes
Contacted via
Phone call

Case details

Charge
Slander and Libel
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. contact
    2019-02-01
  2. investigation
    2019-02-04