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1Lebanon: Three Arrested for Facebook Postings
2Once again this year, the Lebanese government strikes again (the first incident was couple of months ago) by arresting Naim George Hanna, 27, Antoine Youssef Ramya, 29, and Shebel Rajeh Qassab, 27, for posting Facebook statuses against the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
3And along with the new e-transactions draft law dilemma, the Lebanese online community is outraged because of the invasion of their cyberspace.
4Here are some of their reactions to the arrests:
5Lebanese blogger and journalist Hanibaael wrote in his post entitled “So you won't be next!!
6Move!“(
7Ar): The dinosaurs' rule won't be able to suppress public freedom.Libanona: Olona telo nogadraina noho ireo zavatra nolazaina tao amin'ny Facebook
8And no political or security authority can prevent anyone from expressing their opinions as they wish.
9And the protests against repression will continue to that Lebanon won't turn into a new Arab prison.
10This is the first step.
11.and our actions will escalate as long as freedoms are being violated.
12Lebanese blogger Tony commented on the arrests, saying(Ar):
13Finally, despite all the sub-debates on this issue, all human rights, political and civil activists must know the importance of refusing to submit cyberspace to any kind of censorship or prosecution when it comes to freedom of speech.
14The cyberspace is a special, global and free space and not subject to the authorities of countries, or to the dinosaurs coming from past centuries.
15And it is also one of the best tools these days to build up the cultural, social and political awareness of citizens.
16Therefore, it should be protected from the dinosaur's rule.
17Lebanese blogger finkployd wrote a letter to the President asking him about the other serious issues in the country:
18Dear Mr. President, It is unfortunate, on so many levels, that 3+ people have been arrested for insulting you on Facebook.
19And that the Minister of Justice Ibrahim Najjar has defended and encouraged the arrests.
20And that the media uproar is at most tepid. And that you have not intervened to right the wrongs that have been committed.Niverina namely indray tamin'ity taona ity ny governemanta Libanezy (tamin'ny roa volana lasa ny tranga voalohany ) amin'ny fanagadrana an'i Naim Ge
21This at a time when:
22- forest fires are raging - Saida's landfill stands tall - israeli planes are buzzing - israeli spies are running amok - traffic accident fatalities are soaring […]
23The reactions to this letter were mixed.
24One of the readers turned the letter to an e-petition for the online community to sign, and another one only said:
25You just can't go around insulting people.
26Blogger Mustapha, who writes at Beirut Spring, wondered if the letter will reach the President the way the insults did.
27He said:
28[…] what makes you think that the same handlers are going to pass on your letters to the President?
29Surprisingly, the administrators of the President's Facebook page posted an announcement about what happened saying that “There's a huge difference between freedom of speech and freedom of defamation against our President“[Ar]:
30And what is more dangerous is the misleading information carried out by a certain TV station and some parliament members, when they show photos of other Facebook groups, pretending they're children while they're adults and one of them has a criminal record.
31They're saying they only gave the president advices.
32Is it an advice when you say about someone (especially if he was our beloved country's president, who's known for his tolerance, kindness and not replying back to his attackers) “you're worth nothing”, “you're a very low person”, “you are a racist” and “you are like a snake” ?
33The three men have been released for now, and Lebanese blogger Assaad wrote a detailed post[Ar] about the whole incident and considered their release a victory for the civil society:
34The three young men were released to be brought before the court in the next few days.
35The civil society considers it a victory against the secret intelligence system, which was trying to go deep into the cyberspace and silence the youth from typing in their opinions
36It might be a momentary victory for the Lebanese online community.
37But will it last?
38Will Lebanon have more threatened voices?