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Mukhtars, political parties and local residents stage a sit-in outside Bisri hydropower plant to protest power cuts

وطنية - اقليم الخروب - نفذ عدد من البلديات والاحزاب والمخاتير في الاقليم وحراك شحيم والمجتمع المدني في المنطقة، غروب اليوم اعتصاما أمام معمل "بول أرقش" في منطقة بسري، احتجاجا على "تهميش الاقليم وحرمانه من الكهرباء التي ينتجها، وتحويلها الى مناطق اخرى"، واكد المعتصمون انهم "تحت سقف القانون، ولكن للصبر حدودا، وان ابناء الاقليم على أهبة الإستعداد  للزحف نحو معامل الكهرباء"، وشددوا على ان "انتفاضة الكهرباء قريبة"، محملين "الفلتان المتوقع  بإتجاه المنشآت الكهربائية والكهرمائية الى أصحاب الشأن" 

Uber drivers strike to protest Uber's fares which they deem too low

Uber drivers will go on strike between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday, September 19, the head of the Uber drivers committee, Darwish Taha, told L'Orient Today on Friday. Taha told L'Orient Today that the strike is meant to protest Uber's fares, which drivers believe are too low considering the constant increases in fuel prices. "If we work with the current fare, we can't fill up gasoline and pay Uber's commission," Taha said.

Protesters stage a sit-in in front of the Kadisha electricity company in Tripoli over power and water cuts

Protesters decried the water shortages in Tripoli by holding a sit-in outside Kadisha electricity company. The city’s hydraulic water pumping stations do not supply water after a fuel shortage forced their shutdown.

Public sector employees protest in Nabatieh and Tripoli to demand salary adjustments

Public sector employees protested on Thursday in the southern city of Nabatieh and in northern Lebanon’s Tripoli, threatening to reactivate an open strike if they do not receive improved wages, according to our correspondent in the south and the state-run National News Agency (NNA). Widespread state paralysis ensued during public sector employees’ open-ended strike which began in June and unofficially ended around late July after the approval of improved insurance coverage for employees and various financial assistance payments.

Relatives of migrants whose boat has been missing for 72 hours block a road in Tripoli to call on Lebanese authorities to take action and to protest poor living conditions, and power and water cuts

A migrant boat that departed Lebanon last week has been missing for 72 hours, according to families of the passengers, who say they lost contact with the boat on Monday. Some of the passengers' family members and other protesters blocked the main road in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood on Thursday to demand the Lebanese state take action. They also protested poor living conditions, as well as the electricity and water cuts that have plagued the city's neighborhoods for more than 20 days.

Protesters block the road around caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's house in Mina over deteriorating socioeconomic living conditions and power cuts

Protesters blocked the road around caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's house in Mina, Tripoli Friday evening, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in the North. Demonstrators blocked the road with burning tires to protest deteriorating living conditions and electricity cuts in the region, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.

Stateless individuals roadblock in Wadi Khaled to demand the Lebanese citizenship

Stateless individuals blocked a main road in Wadi Khaled, demanding that they be granted Lebanese citizenship, according to our correspondent in the region. The protesters stressed that Lebanese nationality is "a right that should be granted to them, similar to their brothers, cousins ​​and relatives who benefited from it via a decree issued in 1994 by the Lebanese authorities." The protesters added that despite repeated requests, they are still unregistered and have not yet been granted Lebanese nationality.

Protesters block the Beddawi highway over deteriorating socioeconomic living conditions and water shortages

Demonstrators blocked the Beddawi highway in North Lebanon on Monday morning to protest deteriorating living conditions and water shortages in the area, the state-run National News Agency reported.

وطنية - البداوي - عمد عدد من الاهالي على قطع الطريق الدولي في البداوي بالعوائق وحاويات النفابات احتجاجاً على تردي الاوضاع المعيشية وانقطاع المياه منذ اسابيع عن المنطقة. وتسبب قطع الطريق بازدحام خانق في المنطقة وعلى الطرقات الفرعية التي جرى تحويل السير اليها.

Employees of state telecommunications provider Ogero stage a sit-in at the company headquarters in Bir Hasan to demand the fulfillment of all their demands

فذ موظفو هيئة اوجيرو اعتصامًا حاشدًا في باحة مبنى الهيئة ببئر حسن وذلك تأكيدًا على مطلبهم بمساواتهم بقطاع الهاتف الخلوي، وتأكيدًا على حقوقهم الاربعة المكتسبة بحسب المراسيم والقوانين المرعية الاجراء.

ونفذ الموظفون اعتصامهم بالتزامن مع عقد المجلس التنفيذي لنقابة العاملين في هيئة اوجيرو اجتماعا.

Workers who rely on internet connection for their jobs stage a sit-in outside Ogero office in Saida to protest internet cuts

اعتصم عشرات الموظفين في صيدا الذين يعتمدون بشكل كلي على خدمة الانترنت في عملهم في مبنى اوجيرو بالمدينة. ودخل المحتجون صباحاً إلى المبنى لاستيضاح اسباب انقطاع الخدمة منذ الصباح، وقد اكد الموظفون ان المشكلة بدأت بعد إنقطاع خط الخدمات 24/24 اضافة الى عطل في المولد الكهربائي الخاص بالسنترال ما تسبب بتوقف الخطوط والانترنت،. واكد المعتصمون ان عملهم يعتمد على خدمة الانترنت ولا يمكن تامين بديل لأن أوجيرو هي المصدر الوحيد لتامين هذه الخدمة، وليس كالخدمات الأخرى كالكهرباء والمياه والمواصلات وغيرها.

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