Makary Contacts Lara Bitar & Jean Kassir, Stressing Keenness On Freedom Of Expression

Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, contacted today the Editor-in-Chief of “A Public Source” Website, Lara Bitar, as a follow-up to her summoning before the Office of Combating Cyber Crimes, and Journalist Jean Kassir after he was summoned by the State Security Directorate because of his publication on the “Megaphone” platform.

Makary affirmed his keenness on respecting the freedom of opinion and expression guaranteed by the Lebanese constitution, stressing the need to address everything that may arise in this regard through proper legal means and before the concerned court.

He announced that the two summons would be the subject of close follow-up to put matters in their proper context.

NNA