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Ministry of Information threatens major television stations
Reporter: admin
Date of incident:
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Detailed description of violation:
In August the Ministry of Information, through the National Audiovisual Media Council, criticized the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) and al-Jadeed television stations over their August 15 coverage of security incidents related to the kidnapping of Lebanese in Syria and Syrians in Lebanon, which the government said were provocative and caused civil instability in the country. The government threatened to temporarily take both stations off the air.