Dario Sabaghi

Dario Sabaghi is a freelance journalist interested in international news with a focus on human rights. On Twitter: @DarioSabaghi

Lebanon | Apr 8, 2023

In Lebanon, journalists come under legal intimidation as press freedom declines

Two editors-in-chief of independent Lebanese news outlets have been summoned by security services, reigniting freedom of the press issues in Lebanon.

Retired servicemen remove razor wire barricade outside Lebanon's central bank during a demonstration demanding inflation-adjustments to their pensions, in Beirut on March 30, 2023. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon | Feb 27, 2023

Lebanon's LGBTQ community faces digital exploitation, blackmail

Lebanon's LGBTQ community is being targeted through social media platforms and dating apps, and the perpetrators are acting with impunity.

Activists from of the Lebaanon’s LGBTQ community take part in a protest outside police station in Beirut on May 15, 2016, demanding the release of four transsexual women and calling for the abolishment of article 534 of the Lebanese Penal code, which prohibits having sexual relations that "contradict the laws of nature". (ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon | Jan 28, 2023

Meet judge Tarek Bitar, rattling Lebanon's political class in Beirut blast probe

The leading investigative judge into the Aug. 4 Beirut port blast has come back after a 13-month stall, rattling the political and judicial establishment.

Lebanon | Dec 1, 2022

Lebanon's Shura Council suspends ban on LGBTQ event

Despite the court's ruling in August, the Lebanese interior minister has continued to ban LGBTQ gatherings.

Lebanon | May 1, 2022

Beirut blast families fight to keep ruined silos up until justice served

Families of the victims and activists say the Lebanese government is in an undue hurry to bring down a massive symbol of the 2020 Beirut port explosion and the negligence behind it.

Lebanon | Jul 10, 2021

Lebanon implements ration card program as economic crisis worsens

The Lebanese parliament approved a law to fund ration cards for the most vulnerable families, while ending subsidies.

A picture taken in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on May 29, 2020, shows the food products that constitute a ration, part of a relief campaign to help families in need across Lebanon.

Lebanon | Sep 25, 2020

Rebuilding Beirut to preserve its heritage

Architects and NGOs are deploying efforts to restore the traditional buildings of Beirut that were heavily damaged in the devastating explosion that rocked the capital Aug. 4.

Dario Sabaghi

In Lebanon, journalists come under legal intimidation as press freedom declines

Lebanon's LGBTQ community faces digital exploitation, blackmail

Meet judge Tarek Bitar, rattling Lebanon's political class in Beirut blast probe

Lebanon's Shura Council suspends ban on LGBTQ event

Beirut blast families fight to keep ruined silos up until justice served

Lebanon implements ration card program as economic crisis worsens

Rebuilding Beirut to preserve its heritage

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Turkey's ratification of Sweden's NATO membership not enough to secure Congressional approval for F-16s, says Hellenic American Leadership Council chief Endy Zemenides

Dario Sabaghi

In Lebanon, journalists come under legal intimidation as press freedom declines

Lebanon's LGBTQ community faces digital exploitation, blackmail

Meet judge Tarek Bitar, rattling Lebanon's political class in Beirut blast probe

Lebanon's Shura Council suspends ban on LGBTQ event

Beirut blast families fight to keep ruined silos up until justice served

Lebanon implements ration card program as economic crisis worsens

Rebuilding Beirut to preserve its heritage

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Turkey's ratification of Sweden's NATO membership not enough to secure Congressional approval for F-16s, says Hellenic American Leadership Council chief Endy Zemenides