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FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Social media influencer says passport confiscated at Beirut airport on charges of ‘insulting the presidency’
JOURNALIST ARREST
General Security issues statement saying it arrested US journalist Nada Homsi for staying in Israel
DETENTION
General Security frees US journalist hours after rights groups issue statement demanding her release
Refugees
Stuck in Belarus: Blocked from entering the EU or returning to Lebanon, refugees fear deportation to Syria
CENSORSHIP
Dust-up over canceled play sheds light on Lebanon's censorship system
Morning brief
Port blast appeal tossed, public hospital workers strike, Beirut-born Nobel laureate: What to know today
MORNING BRIEF
EDL grid teeters, politicians in the Pandora Papers, hospital staff strikes: Everything you need to know today
REFUGEES
Amnesty International calls on General Security not to deport Syrians detained at Beirut airport
Emigration