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Bloggers and activists arrested by Lebanese army

Reporter: admin
Date of incident: 
Friday, April 20, 2012
Detailed description of violation: 

The Lebanese army arrested bloggers and activists Ali Fakhri and Khodor Salameh on April 20, 2012, as they were drawing graffiti on a wall in Bechara El-Khoury Avenue in solidarity with the "freedom graffiti week", launched by Syrian painters in protest against the regime. Both bloggers were eventually released following pressure from civil society activists.