Prosecution Sues ad-Diyar and Its Editor for 'Insulting' Saudi King

by Naharnet Newsdesk 28 January 2018, 12:49

The public prosecution has filed a lawsuit against ad-Diyar newspaper and its owner and editor-in-chief Charles Ayoub on charges of insulting Saudi King Salman, the daily said on Sunday.

The prosecution has demanded a one-year's jail term and a fine for Ayoub, ad-Diyar said.

According to the newspaper, Ayoub had likened the Saudi monarch to controversial medieval Muslim theologian Ibn Taymiyyah and called Saudi minister Thamer al-Sabhan an "Israeli agent."

Ayoub's article was published during the Lebanese-Saudi crisis that followed Prime Minister Saad Hariri's controversial resignation while in the kingdom.

The public prosecution had on Friday filed a lawsuit against the comedian Hisham Haddad, the host of 'Lahonwbas', Lebanon's most watched satirical TV show.

Haddad is accused of "insulting" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Hariri during one of his show's episodes.

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janoubi 28 January 2018, 14:46

but ya iraní when the "Military Court Orders 6-Month Jail Term for Journalist Hanin Ghaddar" you commented and said :

"patriotic 18 January 2018, 17:34 90
Execute her..."

Now suddenly you care for freedom of expression and free press?

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/241025-military-court-orders-6-month-jail-term-for-journalist-hanin-ghaddar

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SupportBeirut 28 January 2018, 16:38

Comrade Qawmi John, Hanin did not insult or defame mother Syria so why are you complaining about someone is insulting and defaming own patriotic parties and institution. Heck we don't even believe that Lebanon should exist and still we have party members in parliament, funny eh. BTW the Aounists were accused by the followers the patriotic parties of being Sahyounis just because their TV station dared insult and defame the culture of the resistance and it's ongoing cultural cleansing by wanting to outlaw the screening of the movie "The Post". One even wished someone like our national hero Habib Shartouni would depose of the traitors.

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galaxy 28 January 2018, 14:51

A scumbag like Ayoub deserves nothing but death by hanging.

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ex-fpm 28 January 2018, 15:24

Free press according to the iranian hezbollah is the freedom to insult anybody specially saudi arabia with impunity.

What proof or evidence did this drug addict and gambler Charlize Ayoub have to call Saudi minister Thamer al-Sabhan an "Israeli agent."? Nothing.... He is a hired pen owned and operated by Iran.

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