Lebanon

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Spotlight: Digital Rights Lebanon Free Expression & the Law

SMEX launches Muhal, its freedom of expression-related case online database

1 March 2019
Social Media Exchange (SMEX)

Muhal is SMEX's ongoing, evidence-based campaign to document detentions and arrests related to online freedom of speech in Lebanon.

Attacks Lebanon

Unknown assailants attack Lebanese TV station with hand grenade

Lebanese authorities should do their utmost to identify and punish those responsible for the February 2 hand grenade attack on independent broadcaster Al-Jadeed TV.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎ 4 February 2019

Digital Rights Lebanon

"Take your seats": an opportunity for young people in Lebanon to participate in and shape debates about internet governance

Maharat Foundation launched the "Take Your Seats" campaign to encourage Lebanon's youth to participate in the Internet Governance Forum for the first time.

‎ Maharat Foundation‎14 January 2019

Digital Rights Lebanon

First forum on internet governance held in Lebanon

Maharat Foundation took part in the first forum on internet governance in Lebanon and highlighted the importance of freedom of expression and information sharing on the internet in such a context.

‎ Maharat Foundation‎14 January 2019

Latest from Lebanon

'Media Ownership Monitor' reveals intersection between power and media in Lebanon

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Access to Information Lebanon Free Expression & the Law 11 December 2018
Lebanese authorities detain Syrian reporter who reports on refugees

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Censorship Lebanon Free Expression & the Law 27 November 2018
Lebanese security forces try to close LGBT conference

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Lebanon Freedom of Assembly Gender 7 October 2018
Lebanon ramps up interrogations of online activists

‎ Global Voices Advox

Digital Rights Censorship Lebanon 13 August 2018
Lebanon Appeals Court Rules Same-Sex Relations ‘Not Illegal’

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Lebanon Gender 20 July 2018
Journalist sentenced to prison in absentia, for 'defaming' foreign minister on Facebook

‎ Global Voices Advox

Digital Rights Lebanon Free Expression & the Law 4 July 2018
Prominent LGBTQI+ activist arrested in Lebanon, forced to cancel Beirut Pride Events

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Censorship Lebanon Gender 18 May 2018
Lebanese police violence at protest on Jerusalem

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Attacks Lebanon Freedom of Assembly 19 December 2017
Online vigilantism: A threat to justice in Lebanon

‎ Social Media Exchange (SMEX)

Digital Rights Lebanon 28 September 2017
Thou shall not... use mobile data?

‎ Social Media Exchange - SMEX

Access to Information Digital Rights Lebanon 5 April 2017
Lebanese activist charged for Facebook post criticising politicians

‎ Human Rights Watch

Lebanon 28 March 2017
Mob attacks Lebanese TV station Al-Jadeed

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks Lebanon 16 February 2017
مجموعات مناصرة لحركة أمل تعتدي على مبنى قناة الجديد في لبنان

‎ Maharat Foundation

Attacks Lebanon 16 February 2017
Lebanon's new weapon against corruption

‎ Hiba Zayadin

Lebanon Free Expression & the Law 31 January 2017
Lebanese journalism student detained for six days over Facebook status

‎ Social Media Exchange - SMEX

Digital Rights Lebanon 12 December 2016
Lebanese authorities arrest lawyer over Facebook posts

‎ Human Rights Watch

Digital Rights Lebanon 2 June 2016
Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds journalist guilty of contempt

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Lebanon Free Expression & the Law 23 September 2015
Lebanese police use violence against journalists

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Attacks Lebanon 3 September 2015
Lebanon: Disability and access to information

‎ ARTICLE 19

Access to Information Lebanon 4 June 2015
Lebanon commits to protecting right to privacy at UN but fails to guarantee it at home

‎ Privacy International

Digital Rights Lebanon 27 May 2015
Lebanese journalist on trial for contempt of court at UN-backed tribunal

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Lebanon Free Expression & the Law 21 April 2015
Victory for free expression in Lebanon as censorship bureau approves critical play

‎ Index on Censorship

Censorship Lebanon 20 October 2014
Lebanese news website owner attacked by members of Hezbollah's Resistance Brigades

‎ Arabic Network for Human Rights Information

Attacks Lebanon 8 July 2014
Lebanon's Publications Court sentences several journalists on defamation charges

‎ Arabic Network for Human Rights Information

Free Expression & the Law Lebanon 9 June 2014
Lebanese government moves to control expression in the online realm

‎ Hiba Zayadin

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Lebanon 28 March 2014
Journalists in Lebanon face legal harassment in retaliation for their work

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Censorship Free Expression & the Law Lebanon 24 March 2014

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Lebanon

Hackers defaced the website of the Lebanese Medical Association for Sexual Health shortly after the organization launched a pro-LGBTI campaign

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Building Trust: Toward a Legal Framework that Protects Personal Data in Lebanon

The lack of a comprehensive legal framework for privacy rights and data protection in Lebanon has led to the adoption of illegal mass surveillance programs and to the violation of individual and collective privacy without repercussions

Social Media Exchange (SMEX) 5 October 2017
Report on LGBT censorship in Lebanon

This "LGBT Censorship in Lebanon" report tackles the impact of censorship, unequal treatment and the arbitrariness of legislation on the daily lives of the Lebanese LGBT Community and more generally all LGBT-related content in Lebanon.

MARCH 24 June 2017

Online censorship for political reasons

In this report we take a closer look on how a traditionally safe space for free speech and expression was transformed into a space of unregulated arbitrary legal practices. We also examine the effect that the ever-changing political objectives, affiliations and temporal objectives all have on the frequency and severity of online political censorship cases.

MARCH 16 June 2017