Voice of Lebanon radio host Nawal Lichaa Abboud on Thursday appeared before the Court of Publications in Baabda to give her testimony regarding the charges pressed against her by the President of the Lebanese University, Fouad Ayyoub.

Ayyoub filed a lawsuit against the radio presenter over an episode she had hosted to discuss the conditions of the state-run academic establishment.

Speaking before the hearing session, Abboud called for safeguarding the freedom of journalists and media figures in Lebanon, saying that their rights must not be violated.