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Musician detained because of song

Reporter: admin
Date of incident: 
Friday, July 1, 2011
Perpetrator's Name(s) (If available): 
Lebanese judicial authorities - unknown
Detailed description of violation: 

In July Lebanese judicial authorities detained musician Zeid Hamdan for several hours based on an accusation that he had defamed the Lebanese president in a song calling on the president to “go home.”