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Detailed information about Gebran Tueni, Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of An-Nahar daily newspaper. Assassinated in 2005.

Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningGebran TueniFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchGebran TueniGebran Ghassan Tueni (Arabic: ÌÈÑÇä Êæíäí) (September 15, 1957 – December 12, 2005) was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of the mass circulation An-Nahar daily newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon.Tueni was a third generation journalist. An-Nahar was established by his grandfather, also named Gebran Tueni, in 1933. His father, Ghassan Tueni, ran the newspaper for decades.Tueni had degrees in journalism, international relations and management from French universities. His uncle was the anti-Syrian Druze Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh.Tueni came to international prominence in March 2000 when he wrote an editorial calling for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. In March 2005, he contributed to the Cedar Revolution demonstrations during which he gave the famous In the name of God We, Muslims and Christians, Pledge that united we shall remain to the end of time to better defend our Lebanon speech. In May 2005 he was elected a member of Parliament of Lebanon for the Greek Orthodox seat in Beirut on an anti-Syrian slate led by Saad al-Hariri, son of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. He was a member of the political coalition Qornet Shehwan Gathering.[edit]His assassinationTueni was assassinated by a car bomb on December 12, 2005. He has been buried at Saint Dimitrius church graves after the funeral that took place at Saint George church Beirut. Initial reports indicated that a hitherto unknown group, Strugglers for the Unity and Freedom of al-Sham (where al-Sham refers to ancient Greater Syria) claimed responsibility. The statement taking responsibility was faxed to Reuters and included a warning that the same fate awaited other opponents of Arabism in Lebanon, claiming that the assassination has succeeded in shutting up a traitor, and turning An-nahar (Arabic for Day) into Dark Night.Tuenis assassination coincided with the release of the second progress report of a United Nations inquiry into Syrias involvement in the assassination of Rafik Hariri. In response, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora announced that he would ask the United Nations Security Council to investigate Syrian complicity in the deaths of Tueni and other prominent anti-Syrian figures.Before his death, Tueni was campaigning for an international probe into recently discovered mass graves in Anjar next to the main Syrian intelligence headquarters. In his last editorial Tueni accused Syria of committing crimes against humanity and blamed them for the mass graves and other atrocities committed in Lebanon during their presence. His articles and editorials in An-Nahar often raised the ire of the Syrians.Tens of thousands of mourners filled the streets of Beirut for Tuenis funeral on 14 December 2005. Many mourners blamed Syria for his death and chanted anti-Syrian slogans. Members of the Lebanese pa

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