Karma Khayat

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Charge:	Contempt of Court
Sentence:	"10,000 euro fine"
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Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Nations court in the Hague
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City of Crime:	Beirut
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Karma Khayat, the manager of Al-Jadeed-TV station in Beirut, Lebanen, was wrongly convicted in 2015 of contempt of court for failing to remove from the station's website information about confidential witnesses in the long-running probe of a 2005 suicide bombing that killed 23 people. Khayat was fined 10,000 euro (about $11,000). On March 8, 2016 the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, Netherlands, reversed Khayat's conviction and fine."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 8, 2016 the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, Netherlands, reversed Khayat's conviction and fine."
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Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Court Overturns Lebanese TV Manager's Contempt Conviction, By The Associated Press (THE HAGUE, Netherlands), ABC News, March 8, 2016"
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Karma Khayat

Charge:

Contempt of Court

Sentence:

"10,000 euro fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Nations court in the Hague

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Beirut

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 8, 2016 the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, Netherlands, reversed Khayat's conviction and fine."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Female

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Information Source 1:

"Court Overturns Lebanese TV Manager's Contempt Conviction, By The Associated Press (THE HAGUE, Netherlands), ABC News, March 8, 2016"

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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/court-overturns-lebanese-tv-managers-contempt-conviction-37496185

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