Palestine/Israel/Lebanon: End Impunity for Deliberately Targeting Journalists During Hostilities
On World Press Freedom Day, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns a pattern of ostensibly intentional attacks against journalists and other media workers who have been targeted by Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip in the aftermath...
Lebanon: End unlawful restrictions on lawyers’ right to freedom of expression
The Beirut Bar Association (BBA) must immediately withdraw its arbitrary restrictions on lawyers’ right to freedom of expression and end any related disciplinary proceedings against them, said the International Commission of Jurists today.
Lebanon: dismissal of Public Prosecutor, Ghada Aoun, and draconian limitations on judges’ freedoms a blow to judicial independence
The Lebanese authorities must stop harassing judges who act independently and must revoke the unnecessary and disproportionate limitations they have imposed on their freedoms, the International Commission of Jurists said today.
Lebanon: Undue interference in the Beirut Port Blast Investigation is leaving the Legal System on the Brink of Collapse
The Lebanese authorities must remove all obstacles impeding the investigation into the Beirut Port Blast on 4 August 2020, and ensure that any related disputes be resolved in compliance with rule of law principles and through legally established procedures, the International Commission of Jurists said today.
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