Lebanon - Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds journalist guilty of contempt

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in The Hague to find Al-Jadeed TV journalist Karma Khayat guilty of contempt of court and obstructing justice, and calls for her conviction to be overturned. In its 18 September verdict, the STL acquitted Al Jadeed of corporate responsibility. It also acquitted both the journalist and the station on a separate charge of endangering supposedly confidential witnesses by filming them for a series of (...)

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