Sign the Petition!
Dear Mr. President,
It is unfortunate, on so many levels, that 3+ people have been arrested for insulting you on Facebook.
And that the Minister of Justice Ibrahim Najjar has defended and encouraged the arrests.
And that the media uproar is at most tepid.
And that you have not intervened to right the wrongs that have been committed.
This at a time when:
- forest fires are raging
- Saida's landfill stands tall
- israeli planes are buzzing
- israeli spies are running amok
- traffic accident fatalities are soaring
- oil has been 'discovered' along the Lebanese coast
- gun-toting football fans pull the trigger with impunity
- electricity rationing and tire burning have become pass-times
- the unrelenting tourist surge is overwhelming our infrastructure
- trigger-happy millionaires escape prison and remain above the law
- the government is fighting to pass an unconstitutional e-transactions law
- over 25% of the population live below the poverty line (less than 4$ a day)
- I still pay 45$ for a 512/128 kbps DSL Internet connection with a 4 GB cap
- we are uprooting 800 yo olive trees from the South to plant them in our villas
- Lebanon has dropped to 130 of 180 in the global corruption index, worse than Syria and equal to Libya
Dear Mr. President,
What has become of our much envied freedom of speech?
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Blog Post 1:
Freedom of Expression Lands 3 in Roumieh
CPI:
Corruption Perceptions Index 2009
AFP + France24:
Lebanon arrests three for alleged Facebook slander of president
Lebanon Files:
Arabic language news flash
Tayyar:
Arabic language commentary
Naharnet:
2 Wounded by Celebratory Gunshots in Aftermath of Brazil's Win against Chile
tags: Lebanon, Lebanese, Michel Suleiman, President of Lebanon, Lebanese Republic, Beirut, freedom of speech, Facebook, arrest, Ibrahim Najjar, Minister of Justice, insult, libel, slander, Naim Hanna, Shebel Qasab, Antoine Ramia, Ahmad Shouman
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