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Conflict Incident Report

Man released on bail over anti-Bassil Facebook post

Date of incident: 
August 2, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
State Security

A man who was detained Thursday for criticizing Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil on social media was released Friday on bail, but will be summoned for further questioning, his lawyer said.

Rasheed Joumblatt, who was detained Thursday by State Security, stood before Judge Zeinab Faqih at the Baabda Judicial Palace before a decision to release him was made.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.