Is freedom of expression in Lebanon under threat? ...Kuwait

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Freedom of expression and the press are under threat in Lebanon, something that some TV stations and journalists have learned the hard way in recent months. Al-Jadeed TV station faced three attacks between December and January after airing a comedy sketch that some viewers deemed offensive to the Shia community in the south of Lebanon. In the sketch, Joanna Karaki, a Lebanese comedian wearing a black hijab and mimicking a southern Lebanese accent, said that "the majority of children in the South have green or blue eyes and are blond", implying relationships between local women and UN peacekeepers. The sketch was aired shortly after the death of Irish UNIFIL soldier Se

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