The CEO of Spinneys, Englishman Michael Wright, is suing Lebanon’s former labor minister Charbel Nahas over “defamation” charges, according to local news outlets and activists. “Nahas is being tried for defamation because he called [Wright] a ‘terrorist’ via media outlets and television,” Abir Ghattas, an activist close to the Spinneys case told Al-Akhbar. “Nahas is always talking about Spinneys and brings to light the company’s violations..." [previous statement by Spinneys on labour concerns below - we invited the company to provide an additional statement but it did not]