• Gabriel Daher

Plaintiffs
Ghada Aoun (public prosecutor)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Facebook
Date of publication
Case status
Open

Case summary

Judge Ghada Aoun ordered the arrest of Gabriel Daher, charging him with insulting the Presidency based on his social media posts criticizing President Michel Aoun. The arrest follows the Anti-Cybercrime Bureau’s questioning of Daher on Tuesday. In the evening, the two attorneys, Abbas Sorour and Ayman Raad, confirmed that Judge Ghada Aoun had issued a decision to leave the defendant Gabriel Al-Daher in exchange for his signature of the residence document.

About the complaint

Date of contact
2020-10-15
Date of investigation
2020-10-20
Station name
Cybercrime bureau
Detained?
Yes
Request to delete content?
Required to delete
Contacted via
In person

Case details

Charge
Contempt of the presidency
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. contact
    2020-10-15
  2. investigation
    2020-10-20
  3. detention
    2020-10-20
  4. release
    2020-10-20