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Conflict Incident Report

ISF detains man for threatening to publish woman's photos

Date of incident: 
July 25, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

The Internal Security Forces detained a Syrian national, N.A., in Aley after he threatened to publish a woman’s pictures. The suspect confessed to having blackmailed the woman for $50,000.

The Anti-Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights Bureau received the woman’s complaint against an unknown person, and investigations led to the identification of N.A., who was later detained, according to the ISF statement.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.