Lebanese Voter Dragged And Beaten For Insulting The President

Charbel Thoumi got beaten up and dragged across the floor in Haret Hreik by security forces for cursing the president of Lebanon Michel Aoun .

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Security forces can arrest and detain citizens for any freedom of expression or speech that is deemed "insulting against the president" in whatever way or form. It is a penal law that is enforced in Lebanon with many such recorded cases.