The present document of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) concerns a letter addressed to Lebanese President Lahoud, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers urged the Government to immediately release Mr. Muhamed Mugraby, a prominent human rights lawyer who was arrested and detained on August 8 on the charge of “impersonating a lawyer”. The ICJ states that Lebanon has violated the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers with regard to the issue of freedom of expression.