Lebanon - Special Tribunal for Lebanon puts journalist and TV station on trial

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its support for Lebanese TV journalist Karma Khayat, whose trial before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in The Hague on charges of contempt of court and obstructing justice began last week. Created to investigate Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination in 2005, the STL accuses Karma Khayat and her Arabic-language TV news channel, Al Jadeed TV, of endangering supposed confidential witnesses by filming them for a report after learning (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mardi 21 avril 2015