• Khaled Aboushy

Plaintiffs
Samir Hammoud (General Prosecutor)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
2017-12-29
Case status
Open

Case summary

Aboushy shared an image depicting President Aoun and his two son-in-laws, prominent politicians Gebran Bassil and Shamel Roukoz, next to the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his two sons Bassel and current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Aboushy captioned the post “Whats the difference?”

About the complaint

Date of contact
2018-07-23
Date of investigation
2018-07-24
Station name
Army Intelligence
Detained?
Yes
Detention length (days)
2
Request to delete content?
Forced to delete
Requested to sign a pleadge
Yes
Contacted via
Phone call

Case details

Charge
Contempt the president
Sentenced?
In the process

Timeline

  1. publication
    2017-12-29
  2. contact
    2018-07-23
  3. investigation
    2018-07-24
  4. detention
    2018-07-24
  5. release
    2018-07-26
  6. hearing
    2019-10-22