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CPJ, Partners Call on Lebanese Parliament to Ensure Media Law Protects Press Freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists
The draft law proposes abolishing pretrial detention and criminal defamation penalties to protect journalists and activists from government retaliation, rights groups said.
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CPJ, partners call on Lebanese Parliament to ensure media law protects press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ joined 13 local and international organizations in urging the Lebanese Parliament to ensure the draft media law under consideration upholds free expression. The draft law, submitted to the parliamentary committee in May 2025, included significant advancements in protecting free expression in Lebanon, including abolishing pretrial detention and prison sentences for all speech-related violations. It also repealed criminal defamation and insult…
Lebanon: Ensure draft media law upholds free expression
Recently proposed amendments would restrict rights 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 Amnesty International, said today. This includes decriminalizing defamation, blasphemy, insult, and criticism of public officials; prohibiting pretrial detention in speech-related violations; and removing onerous re…
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