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Lousy Lebanese state harasses my Lebanese lawyer: how dare they

March 12th, 2010 Arab News No comments

“A high-profile group of international human rights organisations are accusing the Lebanese government of harassing a prominent civil society lawyer after officials seized his passport last week, forcing the intervention of the interior ministry to get the documents returned. Nizar Saghieh, a dual Lebanese-British national, was part of a 16-member delegation that applied for Bosnian entry visas on March 2, according to a statement by Human Rights Watch and signed by several other groups. The passports were delivered to Lebanon’s General Security office, responsible for border control and immigration issues in Lebanon, so the paperwork could be sent to Bosnia’s embassy in Amman, Jordan. Bosnia does not maintain an embassy in Beirut.“

PS So I was at Nizar’s office in “East Beirut” in January. I rarely go to “East Beirut” when in Lebanon because I dont want to see the pictures of the worst Lebanese, Bashir Gemayyel. So we were signing papers and we would run into colleagues of his from that area. Nizar would say something to them about me being on TV. Invariably, to his surprise, they would not know who I am. At one point, one guy told him: yes, I do recognize him in fact. Does he not host a daily news show on TV with a woman anchor?

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