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On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, civil society activist Abir Ghattas was detained and interrogated in Lebanon for several hours over a blog post about labor rights violations at the supermarket chain Spinneys.<\/p>\n
Ghattas had been at the forefront of a campaign to secure rights for workers at the retail giant Spinneys-Lebanon, which operates seven large supermarkets in the country. <\/p>\n
After interrogating her, the police demanded that she take down the post, or risk imprisonment for five days on slander charges. She was later told that Spinneys had pressed charges against her.<\/p>\n
She complied and was made to sign an oath to abstain from criticizing Spinneys in any form.<\/p>","raw":"On Wednesday, February 6, 2013, civil society activist Abir Ghattas was detained and interrogated in Lebanon for several hours over a blog post about labor rights violations at the supermarket chain Spinneys.\r\n\r\nGhattas had been at the forefront of a campaign to secure rights for workers at the retail giant Spinneys-Lebanon, which operates seven large supermarkets in the country. \r\n\r\nAfter interrogating her, the police demanded that she take down the post, or risk imprisonment for five days on slander charges. She was later told that Spinneys had pressed charges against her.\r\n\r\nShe complied and was made to sign an oath to abstain from criticizing Spinneys in any form.","class":"body","label":"background","is_multiple":false},"path":{"id":"path","content":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/abir-ghattas","raw":null,"class":"path","label":"permalink","is_multiple":false},"city":{"id":"city","content":"Beirut","raw":"Beirut","class":"city","label":"city","is_multiple":false},"country":{"id":"country","content":"Lebanon","raw":"lb","class":"country","label":"country","is_multiple":false},"latitude":{"id":"latitude","content":"33.888629","raw":"33.888629","class":"latitude","label":"lat","is_multiple":false},"longitude":{"id":"longitude","content":"35.495479","raw":"35.495479","class":"longitude","label":"lon","is_multiple":false}},{"title":{"id":"title","content":"Antoine Youssef Ramia","raw":"Antoine Youssef Ramia","class":"title","label":"name","is_multiple":false},"field_status_value":{"id":"field_status_value","content":"Released","raw":"Released","class":"field-status-value","label":"status","is_multiple":false},"field_arrest_value":{"id":"field_arrest_value","content":"2010-06-28","raw":"2010-06-28 00:00:00","class":"field-arrest-value","label":"date_from","is_multiple":false},"field_arrest_value2":{"id":"field_arrest_value2","content":"2010-07-02","raw":"2010-07-02 00:00:00","class":"field-arrest-value2","label":"date_to","is_multiple":false},"body":{"id":"body","content":"
On June 28, 2010, Lebanon arrested<\/a> three people for slandering<\/a> Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on his Facebook page<\/a>. Te incriminating Facebook posts seem to be taken down, but you can find copies of them on this forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n General prosecutor Said Mirza ordered the arrest of Naim George Hanna, 27, Antoine Youssef Ramia, 29, and Shebel Rajeh Qasab, 27, after authorities interrogated them on charges of libel, slander and defamation against the president on Facebook\u201d.<\/p>\n Mirza also issued a warrant for the arrest of a fourth Lebanese, Ahmed Ali Shuman, on the same charges.<\/p>\n According to the AFP, The justice ministry said \u201cthe case met the requirements for a slander and defamation lawsuit\u201d, adding \u201cmedia freedom in Lebanon and any civilised country reaches its limits when the content is pure slander and aims at undermining the head of state.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe inappropriate comments published on websites are subject to prosecution and punishment as they meet the requirements for litigation as stipulated in the media law and penal code,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n They face up to two years in jail if convicted. The men were released on bail on July 2 pending further investigation.<\/p>","raw":"On June 28, 2010, Lebanon arrested<\/a> three people for slandering<\/a> Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on his Facebook page<\/a>. Te incriminating Facebook posts seem to be taken down, but you can find copies of them on this forum<\/a>.\r\n\r\n\r\nGeneral prosecutor Said Mirza ordered the arrest of Naim George Hanna, 27, Antoine Youssef Ramia, 29, and Shebel Rajeh Qasab, 27, after authorities interrogated them on charges of libel, slander and defamation against the president on Facebook\u201d.\r\n\r\nMirza also issued a warrant for the arrest of a fourth Lebanese, Ahmed Ali Shuman, on the same charges.\r\n\r\nAccording to the AFP, The justice ministry said \u201cthe case met the requirements for a slander and defamation lawsuit\u201d, adding \u201cmedia freedom in Lebanon and any civilised country reaches its limits when the content is pure slander and aims at undermining the head of state.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cThe inappropriate comments published on websites are subject to prosecution and punishment as they meet the requirements for litigation as stipulated in the media law and penal code,\u201d he said.\r\n\r\nThey face up to two years in jail if convicted. The men were released on bail on July 2 pending further investigation.","class":"body","label":"background","is_multiple":false},"path":{"id":"path","content":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/antoine-youssef-ramia","raw":null,"class":"path","label":"permalink","is_multiple":false},"city":{"id":"city","content":"Beirut","raw":"Beirut","class":"city","label":"city","is_multiple":false},"country":{"id":"country","content":"Lebanon","raw":"lb","class":"country","label":"country","is_multiple":false},"latitude":{"id":"latitude","content":"33.888629","raw":"33.888629","class":"latitude","label":"lat","is_multiple":false},"longitude":{"id":"longitude","content":"35.495479","raw":"35.495479","class":"longitude","label":"lon","is_multiple":false}},{"title":{"id":"title","content":"Khodor Salameh","raw":"Khodor Salameh","class":"title","label":"name","is_multiple":false},"field_portrait_fid":{"id":"field_portrait_fid","content":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Salameh.jpg","raw":"375","class":"field-portrait-fid","label":"portrait","is_multiple":false},"field_status_value":{"id":"field_status_value","content":"Threatened","raw":"Threatened","class":"field-status-value","label":"status","is_multiple":false},"field_arrest_value":{"id":"field_arrest_value","content":"2010-03-17","raw":"2010-03-17 00:00:00","class":"field-arrest-value","label":"date_from","is_multiple":false},"field_arrest_value2":{"id":"field_arrest_value2","content":"2010-03-17","raw":null,"class":"field-arrest-value2","label":"date_to","is_multiple":false},"field_blog_value":{"id":"field_blog_value","content":"http:\/\/jou3an.wordpress.com\/","raw":"http:\/\/jou3an.wordpress.com\/","class":"field-blog-value","label":"blog_url","is_multiple":false},"body":{"id":"body","content":" Khodor Salameh is a Lebanese journalist and blogger. He was interrogated after publishing a post criticizing the Lebanese president and the Lebanese security forces demanded that he changes his tone, close his blog, or write poetry exclusively. He was threatened with being prosecuted for defamation.<\/p>","raw":"Khodor Salameh is a Lebanese journalist and blogger. He was interrogated after publishing a post criticizing the Lebanese president and the Lebanese security forces demanded that he changes his tone, close his blog, or write poetry exclusively. He was threatened with being prosecuted for defamation. 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