Zeid Hamdan Arrested #FreeZeid
Musician Zeid Hamdan(@ZeidHamdan) arrested for a video criticizing the president Michel Suleiman.
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The news that Zeid Hamdan was briefly arrested for insulting our Dear Great Leader President General Suleiman (henceforth DGLPGS) was unsurprising, but nonetheless a sad reminder of the atavism of Lebanon's legal system. Indeed, every once in a while we hear of one person or another arrested for insulting DGLPGS.
Karl reMarks: Zeid Hamdan and General Suleiman: The Authoritarianism of Fragile EgosMessage from Zeid Hamdan in prison: 'Dear friends, I am now in the prison of the police station of the palace of justice in Beirut because of my song "General Soleiman". They are prosecuting me for defammation of President Soleiman. I dont know, until when I am staying in prison.
الجنرال سليمان يكره الموسيقى! « هنيبعل.. يتسكّع في الأرجاءالأمس، الأربعاء 28 تموز، اعتقل الفنان زيد حمدان بسبب أغنية "جنرال سليمان"، التي يُطالبه بها بالرحيل عن الحكم، بتهمة التطاول على "الجنرال سليمان"، الذي يشغل حالياً منصب رئيس الجمهورية. علماً أنّ الأغنية لا تقتصر على الطلب من "جنرال الكرسي" الرحيل، فاللائحة تطول، لتشمل السياسيين الفاسدين، رجال الميليشيات، تجّار الأسلحة، المخابرات الدولية وغيرهم من القابضين على البلاد.
"friday-lunch-club": Michel Sleiman's new refrain: 'Thou shall only sing my praise!'"... A Lebanese singer was briefly detained on Wednesday for slander over a song posted on YouTube in which he urges President Michel Sleiman to "go home," his attorney told AFP. "General prosecutor Said Mirza ordered Zeid Hamdan detained for a song posted more than 18 months ago," Nizar Saghieh said.
An early birthday « Lebanese Voices's BlogZeid Hamdan from (previously "Soap Kills") "Zeid and the Wings" released "General Suleiman" a song about the Lebanese president a YEAR ago. Today. Zeid was arrested because of this song… a bit slow i suppose but disgusting never-the-less.. ( i personally don't find anything deeply offending about the song?! do you?
Thuraya & The Terrorist Donkey: زيد حمدان: صاحب أغنية وصاحب جريمة1581;ان وقت الموسيقيين الآن، فبعد ...
اعتقال الموسيقي اللبناني زيد حمدان بتهمة قذف الرئيس « خربشات بيروتيةاعتقل اليوم في قصر العدل ببيروت الموسيقي اللبناني زيد حمدان، وذلك بعد عامين من إصدار أغنية "الجنرال سليمان". الاعتقال جاء بعد 3 أسابيع من تحقيقات الأمن العام مع حمدان، وذلك بعد مشاهدة الفيديو الذي صدر مؤخراً. وأرسل حمدان رسالة من النظارة بقصر العدل يقول فيها أنه مسجون في قسم الشرطة بقصر العدل ببيروت، وأنه متّهم بقذف الرئيس اللبناني ميشال سليمان.
Lebanese Artist Jailed For Song That Satirized The President [Update: He Was Released]Last year, I linked to a cool video clip that everyone was passing around on Facebook and Twitter. It was a fun, well produced satirical song by the name of "General Suleiman" created by a budding artist named Zeid Hamdan.- Twitter Reactions
