Alerts | Physical attack by authorities

Lebanese security forces beat journalist The Internal Security Forces attacked the journalist Ibrahim Fatfat in Tripol

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Members of the Internal Security Forces attacked the correspondent of the “Voice of Beirut International” website, Ibrahim Fatfat, severely beating him, which necessitated his transfer to Albert Heikal Hospital, while covering a protest against the economic conditions and the extension of the general closure decision in the Square Alnoor in Tripoli.

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