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Hizballah threatens radio station, sets fire to News archives building and burns newspaper offices
Reporter: sophie
Date of incident:
Friday, May 9, 2008
Location's classification:
Workplace
Perpetrator's Name(s) (If available):
Hizballah
Text description of location:
Beirut: Future News television center, radio al-Sharq, al-Mustaqbal newspaper office, Sevan radio station
Detailed description of violation:
On May 9, Hizballah-led opposition fighters forced the pro- March 14 Future News television station and Radio al-Sharq to stop their transmission for four days. Using the LAF as an interlocutor, the gunmen threatened that if the employees did not suspend transmission, they would destroy the buildings. Management suspended transmission, at which point the gunmen entered the premises and cut all cables in the studio to guarantee no rebroadcast. Hizballah gunmen also set fire to the Future News archives building, destroying all records. On the same day, the gunmen also burned parts of March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri's Al-Mustaqbal newspaper offices as well as the Armenian radio station Sevan, located in the same building.