Lebanese soldiers Sunday beat up a Daily Star photographer while he covered a protest by several thousand people against the country’s worsening living conditions and political system.
In a video circulated on TV and social media, Hasan Shaaban can be seen being grabbed by the neck by an Army soldier, and then brought to the ground and beaten by several other soldiers as he covered the protest in Ras al-Nabeh.
Date of incident
December 23, 2018
Death toll
0 person(s)
Number of Injured
0 person(s)
Location
Mazraa
Primary category
Assault
Classification of conflict (primary)
Individual acts of violence
