Lebanon: Ensure Draft Media Law Upholds Free Expression

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Newspapers displayed at a kiosk in Beirut, Lebanon, March 23, 2016. © 2016 Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Lebanon’s parliament should ensure that a draft media law it is considering upholds the right to freedom of expression, 14 Lebanese and international rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, said today. This includes decriminalizing defamation, blasphemy, insult, and criticism of public officials; prohibiting pretrial detention in speech-related violations; and removing onerous restrictions on the establishment of media outlets.…

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