(RSF/IFEX) – Human rights activist and freelance journalist Ali Abdallah, 52, and his son, student Mohammad Abdallah, 22, were released on 4 October 2006 after completing a six-month sentence. They had been imprisoned for “criticising the state of emergency laws” in effect since 1963 and “insulting the president of the state security court,” their lawyer, […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Human rights activist and freelance journalist Ali Abdallah, 52, and his son, student Mohammad Abdallah, 22, were released on 4 October 2006 after completing a six-month sentence. They had been imprisoned for “criticising the state of emergency laws” in effect since 1963 and “insulting the president of the state security court,” their lawyer, Khalil Maatouk, said. Ali Abdallah is an occasional contributor to the Lebanese newspapers “Assafir” and “An-Nahar”, and to “Al-Khalij”, a newspaper based in the United Arab Emirates.
