#Lebanon Issues Arrest Warrant for #Al_Jazeera #journalist After Court No-Show
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Lebanese prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for #Faisal_al-Qassem, news presenter at Qatar-owned satellite channel Al Jazeera, claiming that he insulted the army and promoted sectarian strife, a Lebanese judicial source said Wednesday. Al-Qassem, for his part, claimed on Facebook that the arrest warrant was provoked by an episode of his controversial show broadcast Tuesday night, which asked: “Why does the #lebanese_army treat Syrian refugees fascistically?” since the warrant came one day after the episode was aired. read more