{"id":29050,"date":"2025-06-21T06:45:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T10:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/?p=29050"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:47:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T10:47:54","slug":"statement-of-solidarity-issued-by-the-wlcu-in-defense-of-media-freedom-and-the-dignity-of-journalists-%d8%af%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8b%d8%a7-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/29050\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Solidarity Issued by the WLCU In Defense of Media Freedom and the Dignity of Journalists \/\/ \u062f\u0641\u0627\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0639\u0646 \u062d\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0648\u0643\u0631\u0627\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u064a\u064a\u0646"},"content":{"rendered":"

At this critical moment in the history of our homeland, Lebanon\u2014where freedom of expression and the dignity of journalists are facing attempts at intimidation and suppression\u2014we, the President and members of the World Lebanese Cultural Union, declare our full solidarity with the prominent journalist Walid Abboud<\/strong>, who has always been a free, courageous voice committed to conveying the truth and defending the nation’s higher interests.<\/p>\n

What journalist Abboud is being subjected to today is not merely a personal attack\u2014it is an assault on the core values upon which Lebanon was built: public freedoms, freedom of the press, diversity, and respect for human rights.<\/p>\n

We firmly reject any attempt to silence voices or subjugate free media. We believe such practices tarnish Lebanon\u2019s image in the eyes of the world and stand in stark contradiction to the ongoing struggle of both residents and expatriates for the establishment of a true state governed by the rule of law, not by political or media intimidation.<\/p>\n

From our position as a global organization representing the Lebanese diaspora across five continents, we affirm that defending a free press is part and parcel of defending Lebanon’s message and the dream of Lebanon that still lives in the hearts of millions of its sons and daughters abroad.<\/p>\n

We call upon all vital forces in Lebanese society, as well as all professional, human rights, and media organizations, to stand in broad solidarity with journalist Walid Abboud and with all honorable journalists\u2014in defense of freedom of speech, the public\u2019s right to the truth, and Lebanon\u2019s dignity before itself and the world.<\/p>\n

Roger Hani<\/strong>,
\nWorld President of the World Lebanese Cultural Union<\/p>\n

George Abi Raad<\/strong>,
\nWorld Secretary-General<\/p>\n

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At this critical moment in the history of our homeland, Lebanon\u2014where freedom of expression and the dignity of journalists are facing attempts at intimidation and suppression\u2014we, the President and members of the World Lebanese Cultural Union, declare our full solidarity with the prominent journalist Walid Abboud, who has always been a free, courageous voice committed …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":28938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[983,33,37,1049,985],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page","category-lebanon","category-press-release","category-slider","category-wlcu-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Logo-wlcu-press-release.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29051,"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29050\/revisions\/29051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlcu.world\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}