Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese authorities detain Syrian reporter who reports on refugees

Date of incident:

November 21, 2018

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

State Security

Lebanese State Security, one of Lebanon's four main intelligence and security agencies, summoned Al-Houlani for interrogation to their offices in the northeastern city of Hermel, 144 kilometers (89.4 miles) northeast of Beirut, upon his return from Syria on November 21 and has since held him there without informing him of any charges against him, according to his employer, the Syrian Journalists Association, and news reports.

Fathi Ibrahim Bayoud, editor-in-chief of Zaman al-Wasl, told CPJ that the summons to Al-Houlani followed the publication of an article with his byline dated November 18, 2018, saying that 20 pregnant Syrian refugee women living in Arsal had miscarried after drinking polluted water that allegedly carried a deadly virus.

Source Link:

https://cpj.org/2018/11/lebanese-authorities-detain-syrian-report…

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Lebanese authorities detain Syrian reporter who reports on refugees