Prison sentence against a mother for “not allowing her daughter to see her father” revoked

Pursuant to the news posted on Women Economic Empowerment Portal last week regarding the prison sentence against a mother charged of “not allowing her daughter to see her father”, the Al Akhbar newspaper noted today that Judge Nazek Al-Khatib issued a new verdict revoking that of her colleague and, as such, prohibiting the imprisonment of the mother in question.  This ruling comes after wide-spread and strong public reactions in the North and in Tripoli amongst judges, lawyers, women and civil organisations, who contested the first ruling on the basis that imprisonment is only applicable in case the custody of a minor is denied and not in cases of visitation.
Source: Al-Akhbar 7 August 2013