CPJ, others stand in solidarity with Lebanon news outlets Daraj and Megaphone amid legal harassment - Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ, others stand in solidarity with Lebanon news outlets Daraj and Megaphone amid legal harassment - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 59 local and international media outlets and human rights organizations in a statement supporting Lebanon’s independent media outlets Daraj and Megaphone amid intensifying legal harassment against them. A lawsuit by several lawyers against Daraj and Megaphone, before the Public Prosecutor’s Office, accused the outlets of “undermining the financial standing of the state” and “receiving suspicious foreig…

In Solidarity with Daraj and Megaphone Amid A Coordinated Campaign - Egyptian Front for Human Rights

In light of the coordinated campaign targeting Lebanese independent media outlets Daraj and Megaphone, we, the undersigned group of civil society and media organizations from Lebanon and around the world, come together to stand in solidarity against attempts to silence these leading voices. We call on the relevant Lebanese authorities to take clear steps in the face of these defamatory and alarming actions. Earlier this month, Daraj and Megaphon…