Two Lebanese journalists often targeted by Hezbollah activists in the past have been simultaneously subjected to a new wave of harassment and threats. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns these intimidation attempts and points out that around 30 other jounalists have been the targets of such methods since the Beirut port explosion two years ago.
"Whenever they (Islamists) disagree with a woman, they accuse her of treason, threaten her with rape and torture, and bully her family." Ghada Oueiss, Lebanese journalist, to Lebanese television presenter Dima Sadek s 1.1 million followers on Twitter,
BEIRUT (AP) The stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has laid bare divisions in Lebanon's Shiite Muslim community, pitting a few denouncing the violence against fervent followers of the Iran-backed Shiite militant Hezbollah group who have praised the attack.
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