Tuesday, April 07, 2015

The American-Israeli Hariri Court: going after the Lebanese media

"The charges relate to 2012, when Al Jadeed, a Lebanon-based Arabic news channel, contacted alleged confidential witnesses in the Hariri case and then broadcast some details about these witnesses in a series called "Witnesses of the International Tribunal." By publishing this information, Al Jadeed is accused of "undermining public confidence in the Tribunal's ability to protect the confidentiality of information about, or provided by, witnesses or potential witnesses."

Khayat and Al Jadeed are also accused of not removing their news reports featuring details of witnesses from the station's Web site or from YouTube when the tribunal ordered them to."