Freedom of speech in Lebanon is under threat
May 3, 2021 Share
Mariam Seif Eddine is a Lebanese journalist known as a staunch critic of Lebanon’s corrupt ruling elite and of Hezbollah’s role in the country.
Since the nationwide uprising began on Oct. 17, 2019, Seif Eddine has been subjected to a vicious cyberbullying campaign insulted, threatened, and accused of being a foreign agent.
Armed men, including one of her own family members who she said is a member of Hezbollah, twice attacked her family in their home in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold. The attackers broke her brother’s nose,