I have not forgotten Hosni Mubarak and his heavy legacy that will hunt down Egypt for a while but this is important.
On Thursday, renowned Lebanese TV host Dima Sadek and Lebanese activist Gino Raidy were investigated by Lebanese prosecution for allegedly insulting former Lebanese foreign minister and current Free Patriot Movement “FPM” President Gebran Bassil.
The prosecution accused Sadek and Raidy of lying and inciting hatred and sectarianism using their social media accounts.
The incident goes back earlier February when actually Sadek and Raidy criticized online the FPM members and supporters when a young man from Tripoli was attacked in Kesrouane, which is an overwhelmingly Maronite Christian by the bodyguards of FPM MP.
The incident started when a group of activists found that MP dining in a restaurant in Kesrouane and they protested his presence in the place, instead of leaving the MP and the activists started a war of words.
Things evolved badly when a group of the MP’s supporters showed up and attacked the activists and protesters after leaving the restaurant including a young man from Tripoli.
Videos from the incident showed racist slurs against the young man because “he is from Tripoli” and “his place is not at Kesrouane”.
For those who follow the Lebanese scene know very that FPM is actually enforcing sectarianism and classicism as well as xenophobia in the country.
Also, if you follow the Lebanese scene, you will know that activists like Dima Sadek and Gino Raidy are actually against sectarianism, xenophobia and classicism through their words and activism.
Sadek and Raidy are the latest names to be legally stalked by the Lebanese president’s political party Free Patriotic Movement which is currently led by his infamous son-in-law Bassil.
The FPM has already filed legal complaints and filed lawsuits against nearly 70 journalists and activists since October.
Here is Daraj News website’s video report about what on Thursday.
Dear Dima Sadek has been under constant attack by Hezbollah and Aoun’s parties since October and it cost her job. She lost her job in LBCI and her family was stalked.
On a weekly basis, the outspoken TV host is attacked by Pro-Lebanese regime supporters on Twitter and you find hashtags attacking her in a sick boring way when you think about it !!
It shows you how fragile the Aoun party and its supporters are.
After all Dima Sadek and Gino Raidy as well as other activists, bloggers and journalists got nothing with their word on their social media accounts while facing a whole corrupted and decayed political an economic system in Lebanon.
The legal hunt down is one of the famous counter-revolution techniques we know in Egypt very well.
The idea is simple, just keep those guys with a loud voice who are trying to help their people exposing corruption and sectarianism busy with something else.
By the way, stalking activists does not stop at political parties but now it seems that some corrupted financial institutions joined the game.
As the Lebanese activists and protesters protest Lebanon’s banking, financial and monetary policies, economic activists are also under fire.
From two weeks ago renowned economic journalist and activist Mohamed Zbib was assaulted by three attackers in Beirut while he was in the street after a lecture he gave.
On 20 February, the security forces arrested three suspects in the attack and all of them worked in security for former Lebanese minister of state and current chairman of AM Bank Marwan Kheiredine who denied any involvement in the attack !!
It is just interesting to see three employees attacking a journalist who is attacking the Banking industry like that without orders from above.
Lebanese activists need help and support now for real.
On Thursday, renowned Lebanese TV host Dima Sadek and Lebanese activist Gino Raidy were investigated by Lebanese prosecution for allegedly insulting former Lebanese foreign minister and current Free Patriot Movement “FPM” President Gebran Bassil.
The prosecution accused Sadek and Raidy of lying and inciting hatred and sectarianism using their social media accounts.
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| Dima Sadek and Gino Raidy in Beirut on Thursday "Gina Raidy's official Twitter account" |
The incident started when a group of activists found that MP dining in a restaurant in Kesrouane and they protested his presence in the place, instead of leaving the MP and the activists started a war of words.
Things evolved badly when a group of the MP’s supporters showed up and attacked the activists and protesters after leaving the restaurant including a young man from Tripoli.
Videos from the incident showed racist slurs against the young man because “he is from Tripoli” and “his place is not at Kesrouane”.
For those who follow the Lebanese scene know very that FPM is actually enforcing sectarianism and classicism as well as xenophobia in the country.
Also, if you follow the Lebanese scene, you will know that activists like Dima Sadek and Gino Raidy are actually against sectarianism, xenophobia and classicism through their words and activism.
Sadek and Raidy are the latest names to be legally stalked by the Lebanese president’s political party Free Patriotic Movement which is currently led by his infamous son-in-law Bassil.
The FPM has already filed legal complaints and filed lawsuits against nearly 70 journalists and activists since October.
Here is Daraj News website’s video report about what on Thursday.
في الدعوى ال70 ... ديما وجينو أمام العدالة #ديما_صادق و #جينو_رعيدي مثلا أمام القضاء بدعوى قدح وذم مقدمة من جبران باسيل، فهل تنقلب الدعوى ضده؟@DimaSadek @GinoRaidy pic.twitter.com/Sn1zHhGNz6
— Daraj درج (@Daraj_media) February 27, 2020 Dear Dima Sadek has been under constant attack by Hezbollah and Aoun’s parties since October and it cost her job. She lost her job in LBCI and her family was stalked.
On a weekly basis, the outspoken TV host is attacked by Pro-Lebanese regime supporters on Twitter and you find hashtags attacking her in a sick boring way when you think about it !!
It shows you how fragile the Aoun party and its supporters are.
After all Dima Sadek and Gino Raidy as well as other activists, bloggers and journalists got nothing with their word on their social media accounts while facing a whole corrupted and decayed political an economic system in Lebanon.
The legal hunt down is one of the famous counter-revolution techniques we know in Egypt very well.
The idea is simple, just keep those guys with a loud voice who are trying to help their people exposing corruption and sectarianism busy with something else.
By the way, stalking activists does not stop at political parties but now it seems that some corrupted financial institutions joined the game.
As the Lebanese activists and protesters protest Lebanon’s banking, financial and monetary policies, economic activists are also under fire.
From two weeks ago renowned economic journalist and activist Mohamed Zbib was assaulted by three attackers in Beirut while he was in the street after a lecture he gave.
On 20 February, the security forces arrested three suspects in the attack and all of them worked in security for former Lebanese minister of state and current chairman of AM Bank Marwan Kheiredine who denied any involvement in the attack !!
It is just interesting to see three employees attacking a journalist who is attacking the Banking industry like that without orders from above.
Lebanese activists need help and support now for real.
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