Civil Society Activists Protest by Military Court after Colleagues Denied Release from Custody
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Civil society activists staged on Tuesday a sit-in by the Military Court in Beirut following the rejection of a request to release their detained colleagues.
The protesters objected to a decision by First Military Examining Magistrate Judge Riad Abou Ghida to reject a request to release five civil society detainees.
The demonstrators gathered by the Military Court and briefly blocked the road by the facility to express their condemnation of the refusal.
The detainees are Waref Suleiman, Pierre Hashash, Hussein Ibrahim, Fayez Yassine and Rami Mahfouz.
On Monday, Abou Ghida interrogated a number of detained activists, releasing five and keeping five others in custody.
Around 27 activists were arrested last week when civil society protests in downtown Beirut took a violent turn.
Civil society protests first began with the closure of the Naameh landfill in July that sparked a waste disposal crisis in Lebanon that persists to this day.
The demonstrations, which had been staged to protest the crisis, soon developed into a movement against political corruption in Lebanon.
13 October 2015, 20:32
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Shu khas aouniyi with the protestors? Aoun is against them too! All the politicians are. These kids are the best of us, they deserve to be released immediately.
13 October 2015, 20:34
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Shame on this country. The protestors have every right. Is there anyone here happy with the past 25yrs in lebanon??? Dont blame hizballah, dont blame harriri! Blame urselves and lets do something about it. Plz at least dont talk against the movement. Keep ur heads up! We are lebanese! And this is our country!
13 October 2015, 20:57
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Well those guys are against the whole system and fighting the heart of it which is corruption thus u'll find a lot of critisim against the and that's good. It means they are independants of both camps and getting them scared enough to get use of barricade and heavy forces..
I only wish those guys were better organised, even though what happened is nothing like what happens in more democratic country and that we have thousands more reasons than the french people to be angry at our "polticians"...
13 October 2015, 21:04
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Imagine, i agree 100%. I think the biggest problem with organization is the lack of a leader. They dont want to fall in the trap of putting a face to the movement. Its not about taking control, its purely asking for the government to fix things and do its job without corruption, wether its 8m or 14m.
I believe an amnesty should be given to all politicians, and a brand new system created. Let the warlord take their loot and leave us alone. We can create a heaven in earth here.
13 October 2015, 21:29
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Christian babes won't be showing any skin except in Saudi brothels if the tafiris get their way. Watch what you ask for you just might get it.
