Lebanon: Amend Media Law to Protect Free Expression

Click to expand Image Lebanese lawmakers at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, January 9, 2025. © 2025 Hussein Malla/AP Photo (Beirut) – Lebanon’s parliament should amend the recently-adopted media law to fully remove all provisions in Lebanese law that restrict the right to free expression, Human Rights Watch said today. Parliament passed the law on August 11, 2026, but a new draft law introduced by 10 members of parliament on October 5 offers amendments to the law that would resolve i