Conflict Incident Report

Two arrested over social media spat

Date of incident:

January 11, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

ISF(internal security forces)

Two Lebanese were arrested in the southern city of Sidon over the weekend for offending local community members and sheikhs on social media, the local state-run news agency announced Sunday.
Ali Joumaa was arrested Saturday evening by members of the Internal Security Forces Information Branch for writing Facebook posts which allegedly offended some of Sidon’s residents and the city’s sheikhs, the National News Agency said.
Joumaa insulted preachers who urged people during Friday sermons to collect donations for the residents of the besieged Syrian border town of Madaya.
The move came on the request of Sheikh Salim Sousan, the mufti of Sidon and its environs.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jan-11/331223-two-arr...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Classification of conflict (primary):

Conflicts of social discrimination

Violent and unjust treatment of different categories of people and individuals based on race, age, gender or sexuality, committed by the State, groups and individuals, related to a lack of protection and rights, inefficiency of the Justice system and persisting social and economic vulnerabilities.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

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

Two arrested over social media spat