• Mohamad Nazzal

Plaintiffs
(Supreme Judicial Council)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
Case status
Pending appeal or objection

Case summary

On 9/21/2015, the Single Criminal Judge in Beirut, Ghassan Tanios Al-Khoury, issued a verdict in absentia against Mohamad Nazzal, Imprisonment for 6 months and fining him one million Lebanese pounds “after combining penalties and adopting the most severe penalties”, on the background of “Post” which he published two years ago on his private page on «Facebook» criticizing the judiciary. Judge Khoury based his ruling on articles 386/2 and 388/2 penalties, which are the two articles related to the offense of defamation and defamation according to the Lebanese Penal Code. Nazzal questioned the reason for his trial in absentia without informing him of the date of the sessions.

About the complaint

Date of contact
2013-11-27
Date of investigation
2013-11-27
Detained?
No
Request to delete content?
No
Requested to sign a pleadge
No

Case details

القضاة
  • Ghassan Tanios Al - Khoury - Executive public prosecutor - Beirut
Charge
Criticism of the judiciary
Bail
1000000
Sentenced?
Yes
Sentence
Imprisonment for 6 months and fined 1 million Lebanese pounds
In absentia?
Yes

Timeline

  1. contact
    2013-11-27
  2. investigation
    2013-11-27
  3. ruling
    2015-10-05