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May
2013

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Press freedoms worsen, cultural freedoms protected: report

  Press freedoms experienced a setback in Lebanon last year largely due to the politicization of the Syrian conflict, according to a report that documents 91 media and cultural freedom violations in 2012. The report issued Tuesday by SKeyes, the Center for Media and Cultural Freedom at the Samir Kassir Foundation, found that despite several violations, authorities made progress in protecting cultural freedoms in the country, but press freedoms suffered an across-the-board drop. “The number of censorship decisions decreased, although not enough, and the judiciary ruled in favor of artists in all cases related to freedom of expression this year,”…

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May
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Abdallah supporters protest ahead of judicial meet

  Supporters of leftist militant George Abdallah held a sit-in Wednesday amid an international judicial conference in Beirut to protest the 61-year-old continued imprisonment in France. “Our sit-in today ... is to say that the French authorities are detaining George Abdallah against all legal frameworks,” Abdallah’s brother, Joseph, said outside the Beirut Bar Association. He said Wednesday’s rally comes in conjunction with an international conference on the judicial code of ethics in partnership with the International Francophone Organization and the Lebanese Court of Cassation. The March 13-15 conference is being held in Beirut. “We hope that the participants, heads of…

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May
2013

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القاضي وليد القاضي تسلم ملف سماحة-مملوك

  تسلم رئيس محكمة التمييز الجزائية الغرفة السادسة المنتدب القاضي وليد القاضي ملف النائب والوزير السابق ميشال سماحة واللواء السوري علي المملوك لبت التمييز الذي رفع إليه من مفوض الحكومة لدى المحكمة العسكرية القاضي صقر صقر حول مادتين في القرار الاتهامي الذي أصدره قاضي التحقيق العسكري الأول رياض أبو غيدا.    Source & Link: Aljoumhouria

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May
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شيخ العقل: نعارض الزواج المدني وإلغاء الطائفية بتشكيل الهيئة الوطنية

  اعلن شيخ عقل طائفة الموحدين الدروز نعيم حسن معارضته الزواج المدني، معتبرا ان "الغاء الطائفية السياسية يتمّ بتشكيل الهيئة الوطنية". وقال بعد استقباله الهيئة الدينية في المجلس المذهبي لطائفة الموحدين الدروز، "ان استقرار الأسرة وصلاحها وقيامها على قواعد سليمة، يؤسس لمجتمع آمن ومتطور ومستقر، ومن هذه القواعد تنظيم الزواج وفقا لما شرّعه الله في الرسالات السماوية الخالدة. وعقد الزواج من أسمى العقود وأشرفها، ويجب ان يبقى مميزاً. مفهوم الزواج خارج المباركة الروحية يؤدي بحكم منطقه التأسيسي الى تشريع عقود منافية لغايات الزواج الطبيعي ذاته كما شرعته الكتب السماوية". وأضاف: "الإقدام على الزّواج هو أمر تأسيسي للنواة الأخلاقيَّة التي بها…

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May
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! 45 متهماً بعمليات خطف

  أعلنت شعبة العلاقات العامة في قوى الأمن الداخلي، أمس، توقيف «فرع المعلومات» كلا من ع.ع. وع.ع. وح.ع.، بتهمة إقدامهم مع آخرين على خطف نجيب يوسف في صور، قبل إطلاق سراحه أخيراً. وأوقف الفرع، وفق شعبة العلاقات، ب.ك. ون. م. لقيامهما باختطاف أيمن بدر صباغ (سوري الجنسية). الموقوفون، كما أعلنت الشعبة، اعترفوا بقيامهم بعمليات خطف بالاشتراك مع آخرين. وأشارت الشعبة إلى أن قوى الأمن الداخلي، «تمكنت، منذ بدء عمليات الخطف في العام 2011، من توقيف خمسة وأربعين مطلوباً شاركوا بالعمليات، 40 منهم أوقفتهم شعبة المعلومات، بينما أوقفت الشرطة القضائية 5 أشخاص».   Source & Link: As-Safir 

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May
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Connelly calls for human trafficking crackdown

  U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly called Wednesday for punishing those engaged in human trafficking, a statement from her office said. The “[U.S.] urges Lebanon to fully implement Law 164, which criminalizes trafficking in persons, to ensure those involved in trafficking are prosecuted,” Connelly said following a meeting with Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi. Although Law 164, passed several years ago, criminalized human trafficking, there are still frequent reports of women being trafficked into the country. Connelly urged the government and security services to work with civil society and other partners to assist and protect victims and to take measures to prevent…

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Apr
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Abu Faour files complaint over child’s death

  Minister of Social Affairs Wael Abu Faour filed a complaint Thursday over the recent death of a toddler in Tripoli, north Lebanon. Abu Faour filed the protest with State Prosecutor Hatem Madi in his capacity as the head of the Supreme Council for Childhood. The child, Moemin al-Mohammad, died earlier this month after several hospitals declined to treat him because his uninsured parents could not pay expenses upfront. Abu Faour said several arrests have been made in the case. He would not give details. The complaint followed discussions Thursday regarding the child’s death between Abu Faour and Defense Minister…

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Apr
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Activists ask Sleiman to push for personal status law

  Activists urged President Michel Sleiman Saturday to help speed up the work of a parliamentary committee studying a draft personal status law. Sleiman met with a delegation from the National Campaign for a Lebanese Personal Status Law who, according to his office, handed him a copy of the draft law which is currently in Parliament. They urged him to support accelerating the process of studying the draft law at the parliamentary committee. The proposed law, referred to parliamentary committees over two years ago, was drafted by civil rights activists and addresses the issue of civil marriage, adoption and inheritance…

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Apr
2013

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Kidnappers snatch 12-year-old boy waiting for school bus

  Gunmen kidnapped a 12-year-old boy Wednesday while he was waiting for a school bus in front of his home in the Beirut suburb of Jnah, security sources told The Daily Star. The sources said Mohammad Nibal Awada was waiting for his school bus at 7 a.m. when four unidentified gunmen pulled up in a Nissan Sunny with tinted windows and snatched him. The kidnappers fired one shot in the air, apparently to cover their escape, and headed toward south Lebanon, the sources added. The boy’s father, Nibal, is a wealthy businessman who owns two dressmaking factories in Lebanon. Relatives…

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