• Dima Sadek
  • Gino Raidy

Plaintiffs
(Free Patriotic Movement party)
Country
Lebanon
Platform
Twitter
Date of publication
Case status
Open

Case summary

The “Free Patriotic Movement” filed two complaints against journalist Dima Sadek and activist Gino Raidy for the crimes of Articles 317, 385 and 582 penalties, against the background of their publication of “false news and a video whose subject is falsely attributed to the Free Patriotic Movement, including Inciting sectarian and racial strife, inciting conflict between sects and various elements of the nation, slander, defamation and insult, "and referred to the central" criminal investigations "for investigation. The office summoned them on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, to hear their statements on Thursday, February 27

About the complaint

Date of contact
2019-02-25
Date of investigation
2019-02-27
Station name
Central Criminal Investigation
Detained?
No
Request to delete content?
No
Requested to sign a pleadge
No
Contacted via
Phone call

Case details

Charge
Provoking sectarian and racial prejudices, inciting conflict between sects and the various elements of the nation, slander, vilification and insult
Sentenced?
No

Timeline

  1. contact
    2019-02-25
  2. investigation
    2019-02-27