Two Lebanese environmental campaigners who seek to block the construction of a villa above a breeding site for the endangered Mediterranean monk seal have been summoned for questioning by a judge following a complaint by the owner of the land.
Paul Abi Rached, president of the NGO Terre Liban, who was summoned along with architect and activist Farid Abi Younes, will be questioned by a judge at the Criminal Investigations Department at the Ministry of Justice in Beirut at noon on Monday.
Both men have frequently demonstrated at the construction site overlooking the Mediterranean in Amchit, about 40 kilometres north of Beirut.
Mr Abi Rached was critical of officials for summoning the activists “instead of stopping” the construction of the villa.
“We are more powerful with all the truth we have in our hands.
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