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Military Tribunal charges political activist Kinda al-Khatib with collaborating with Israel

Date: 
Monday, June 22, 2020

Lebanese Military Tribunal Monday charged political activist Kinda al-Khatib with collaborating with Israel.

Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawan charged Khatib with the crime of collaborating with the enemy in addition to entering Israeli lands and working with Israeli spies and those who work for their interest.

She was also charged with facilitating the collaboration of another Lebanese, Charbel Hajj, also accused with the same crimes, by helping him appear on an Israeli channel through her contacts with an Israeli journalist.

Acting Bodies: 
Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…)
Type: 
Judicial Decisions
Categories: 
Security
Impact: 
National
Status: 
Other / NA
Civil Society Response: 
Contested