• Ahmed Al Ayoubi

Plaintiffs
Nader Hariri (Former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Saad Hariri)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Website
Date of publication
2017-09-17
Case status
Closed

Case summary

Al-Ayoubi was arrested in the offices of the Palace of Justice in Beirut on charges of "insulting the President of the Republic" and "attacking a neighboring country", against the background of a Facebook post and the articles he published on the "Janoubia" website. Nader Hariri, Director of the Prime Minister’s Office, Saad Hariri, sued him before the discriminatory public prosecutor

About the complaint

Date of contact
2017-11-16
Date of investigation
2017-11-16
Station name
Central Criminal Investigation
Detained?
Yes
Detention length (days)
13
Request to delete content?
No
Requested to sign a pleadge
No

Case details

القضاة
  • Charbel Abu Samra - Palace of Justice - Beirut
Charge
Contempt of the President of the Republic and exposure to a neighboring country
Bail
500000
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. publication
    2017-09-17
  2. contact
    2017-11-16
  3. investigation
    2017-11-16
  4. detention
    2017-11-16
  5. release
    2017-11-28