Articles - Lebanon
25 May 2011
Lebanon
Follow IFEX in Beirut
Next week, IFEX members will be converging in Beirut, Lebanon, for the IFEX Strategy Conference, the biennial meeting of the world's largest network of free expression organisations. Registration is closed, but for those of you who can't be there, follow us on Twitter: @IFEXGM2011 and through our blog: http://www.ifexgm2011.wordpress.com
15 December 2010
Awards / Lebanon / Morocco
Moroccan journalist wins WAN-IFRA's 2010 Gebran Tueni prize
It has been five years since the assassination of Lebanese editor Gebran Tueni, killed by a car bomb on his way to work. In honour of Tueni's courage and commitment to freedom of the press, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) continues to give out a prize in his name to an editor or publisher from the Arab region. This year's recipient is Aboubakr Jamaï, the co-founder and former managing director of the weekly newspaper "Le Journal Hebdomadaire".
11 August 2010
Lebanon
Journalist killed after years of relative calm on the Israel border
One Lebanese journalist was killed and another wounded in border clashes between the Lebanese Army and Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) last week, report Maharat Foundation, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and other IFEX members.
4 November 2009
Lebanon
Political actors control media
Many of Lebanon's media outlets are influenced by powerful political figures to whom they are financially and politically in debt, the International Press Institute (IPI) reports after completing a four-day press mission in October. Also, the Maharat Foundation recently released a report that scrutinises the relationship between Lebanese politics and media.
16 May 2008
Lebanon
LA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA, UNA BAJA EN EL CONFLICTO MÁS RECIENTE
16 May 2008
Lebanon
LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE VICTIME DU DERNIER CONFLIT
13 May 2008
Lebanon
PRESS FREEDOM A CASUALTY IN LATEST CONFLICT
At least five journalists have been injured in Beirut in recent days covering the fierce clashes between pro- and anti-government factions, while media outlets have been forced to shut down, report IFEX member in Lebanon the Maharat Foundation and other press freedom organisations.
22 June 2007
Lebanon
ASESINAN A CRÍTICO DE SIRIA; TRIBUNAL DE ONU INVESTIGARÁ ASESINATOS DE PERIODISTAS
22 June 2007
Lebanon
UNE VOIX CRITIQUE DE LA SYRIE EST ASSASSINÉE; UN TRIBUNAL DES NATIONS UNIES FERA ENQUÊTE SUR LES MEURTRES DE JOURNALISTES
19 June 2007
Lebanon
ANTI-SYRIAN CRITIC ASSASSINATED; UN TRIBUNAL TO INVESTIGATE JOURNALISTS' MURDERS
A bomb that exploded in Beirut's seafront on 13 June killing a vocal politician and eight others was the latest in a series of targeted attacks on anti-Syrian politicians and journalists, report human rights groups and press reports.
11 January 2007
Lebanon
INFORME DEL IPI EXAMINA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA EN LÍBANO
5 January 2007
Lebanon
UN DOSSIER DE L'IIP SE PENCHE SUR LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE AU LIBAN
4 January 2007
Lebanon
IPI REPORT EXAMINES PRESS FREEDOM IN LEBANON
The International Press Institute (IPI) has released a report on press freedom conditions in Lebanon, following a fact-finding mission to the country in December 2006.
4 August 2006
Lebanon
LA PRENSA ESTÁ BAJO FUEGO MIENTRAS CONTINÚA OFENSIVA ISRAELÍ
4 August 2006
Lebanon
LA PRESSE ESSUIE LES TIRS D'ISRAËL, QUI POURSUIT SON OFFENSIVE
1 August 2006
Lebanon
PRESS UNDER FIRE AS ISRAELI OFFENSIVE CONTINUES
As Israel steps up its military offensive into Lebanon, journalists covering the conflict continue to come under fire.
28 July 2006
Lebanon
PERIODISTAS BAJO FUEGO AL EMPEORAR CONFLICTO
28 July 2006
Lebanon
LES JOURNALISTES SOUS LES TIRS TANDIS QUE LE CONFLIT SENVENIME
26 July 2006
Lebanon
JOURNALISTS UNDER FIRE AS CONFLICT WORSENS
As hostilities between Hezbollah militants and Israeli armed forces continue into a second week, journalists and media outlets reporting on the conflict are coming under fire. Last week, a Lebanese photographer and television technician were killed during Israeli bombing attacks, reported the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
1 April 2006
Lebanon
LEBANESE JOURNALIST NAMED WORLD PRESS FREEDOM PRIZE-WINNER
May Chidiac, the Lebanese journalist who lost a hand and a leg when her car was bombed last September, has been named the winner of the 2006 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
21 December 2005
Lebanon
ASSASSINAT D'UN ÉMINENT JOURNALISTE
17 December 2005
Lebanon
PROMINENTE PERIODISTA ASESINADO
14 December 2005
Lebanon
PROMINENT JOURNALIST ASSASSINATED
In another blow for press freedom in Lebanon, a prominent newspaper owner and opposition politician was killed in Beirut on 12 December 2005, the third journalist targeted this year for criticising Syria's influence over the country, reported IFEX members.
7 October 2005
Lebanon
LES ATTENTATS HANTENT LA PRESSE
7 October 2005
Lebanon
ASESINATOS RONDAN A LA PRENSA
5 October 2005
Lebanon
ASSASSINATIONS HAUNT THE PRESS
In Lebanon, journalists who criticise Syria's influence in the country do so at great risk. Since April 2005, three have been targeted for assassination. The latest victim was news anchor May Chidiac, who was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded in her car near the city of Jounieh on 25 September, reported the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
14 July 2005
Lebanon
LIBAN : UNE PÉTITION RÉCLAME JUSTICE APRÈS L'ASSASSINAT DE SAMIR KASSIR
13 July 2005
Lebanon
LÍBANO: PETICIÓN EXIGE JUSTICIA PARA SAMIR KASSIR
6 July 2005
Lebanon
LEBANON: PETITION URGES JUSTICE FOR SAMIR KASSIR
5 July 2005
10 June 2005
Lebanon
UN CHRONIQUEUR POPULAIRE EST ASSASSINÉ
10 June 2005
Lebanon
ASESINAN A POPULAR COLUMNISTA
8 June 2005
Lebanon
POPULAR COLUMNIST ASSASSINATED
IFEX members are calling for justice in the murder of prominent Lebanese columnist Samir Kassir, who was killed in a car bombing outside his home in Beirut on 2 June 2005.
12 June 2001
Lebanon
PERIODISTA JUZGADA POR "TRATOS CON EL ENEMIGO" DESPUÉS DE PARTICIPACIÓN EN PANEL
12 June 2001
Lebanon
D?AVOIR "EU DES CONTACTS AVEC L?ENNEMI" APRÈS AVOIR PARTICIPÉ À UNE DISCUSSION
12 June 2001
Lebanon
JOURNALIST TRIED FOR "DEALING WITH THE ENEMY" AFTER PARTICIPATING IN PANEL
A Lebanese-American journalist based in New York is being tried by a Lebanese military court for ''dealing with the enemy'' because she participated in a panel discussion with an Israeli official, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
11 July 2000
Lebanon
PERTURBADOR PATRÓN DE RESTRICCIONES DE MEDIOS
11 July 2000
Lebanon
MODÈLE TROUBLANT DE CENSURE DES MÉDIAS
11 July 2000
Lebanon
DISTURBING PATTERN OF MEDIA RESTRICTIONS
The decision by Lebanese authorities to annul the passport of Raghida Dergham, the New York bureau chief for the London-based daily "Al-Hayat", coincides with "a disturbing pattern of Lebanese government censorship of foreign newspapers," according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In a statement published on 4 July, the General Directorate for Internal Security stated that Dergham's passport was voided because of her participation in a panel discussion on the Middle East's political situation on 19 May in Washington, D.C., reports CPJ. The statement from Internal Security said that because the panel included Uri Lubrani, Israel's Coordinator of Activities in Southern Lebanon, Dergham had violated a Lebanese law prohibiting contacts between Lebanese citizens and Israelis. CPJ's sources say, however, that the action may also be linked to Dergham's critical coverage of Lebanon's dispute with the UN over the demarcation of the Lebanese-Israeli border following Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May. CPJ said it is "shocked that Lebanese authorities would punish Dergham in response to her thoroughly professional work as a journalist and commentator."
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