May 16, 2001.

"Remembering Sheikh Hassan Khaled... "
Goal:

That day in 89 Sheikh Hassan Khaled was assassinated... Today we distribute a press release remembering a day when another Lebanese Leader was assassinated for his Freedom stands. Refer to list of events in Press Releases index.

Strategy:

Distribute a  Press release in commemoration at Mathaf, Sodeco and Ain el Mraisseh.

Events:

  • Distribution Started at Mathaf were four of our students were captured and taken to the "Damascus Road" ISF station. It is important to note that a person in civil tried to create a problem then he made a couple of calls after that the ISF dropped by in quantities.

  • Distribution continued when again the same bunch of civil persons dropped by and tried to take the press releases from the students while pushing s girl.

  • The Students in reaction blocked the road.

  • The Army dropped by with armed M16's ready to start a battle with that a truck full of ISF arrived and carried everybody to the station. The students were arrested for 4 hours then released. Their crime: DISTRIBUTING A PAMPHLET!

 

Names of the arrested students:

Lize Chahine

Elsy Moufarrej

Margeritta AbouHanna

Ziad Chalhoub

Ralph BouNassif

Rabih Traboulsi

Toni Oryan

Fadi AbouJamra

Marouan Lahoud

Georges Jabbour

Elie Salloum

Julien Chahine

Elie Gharios

Nawal Naim

Chadi Merhi

Abdo Ragheb