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Women protest personal status laws outside Parliament

Women gave testimonials of suffering that they attribute to the lack of a single civil code in Lebanon at a demonstration outside Parliament over the weekend.

Civil Defense volunteers call for paid jobs

Civil Defense volunteers protested in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square Thursday, demanding that Cabinet approve a decree that would secure them paid, full-time jobs, the state-run National News Agency reported. The volunteers threatened to escalate their protests if the decree is not approved.

Lebanon has some 2,553 Civil Defense volunteers. Most are ambulance first responders, rescue workers and firefighters.

The volunteers have demanded full-time employment for several years and held numerous demonstrations on the issue.

People with special needs, families protest center's closure

People with special needs whose rehabilitation center closed because the government failed to pay it staged a protest alongside their families in Downtown Beirut Wednesday morning, demanding that Cabinet back-pay the funds the state owes so the center can reopen.

A sit-in for potato growers in Akkar demanding their equity and protection of their production

نفذ مزارعو البطاطا اعتصاما رمزيا لهم امام مصلحة الزراعة في العبدة - عكار، في حضور النائبين وليد البعريني ومصطفى علي حسين، رئيس دائرة الاوقاف الاسلامية الشيخ مالك جديدة، وهيئات نقابية زراعية ورؤساء اتحادات بلدية ومخاتير.

Civil Defense Volunteers for decree installation

أعلن متطوعو الدفاع المدني عن "تصعيد تحركهم بالنزول الى الشارع وعدم العودة الى منازلهم الا بمرسوم تثبيتهم"، مشيراً إلى "تضحيات رجال الدفاع المدني وسهرهم الدائم من اجل الانقاذ والمؤازرة"، مطالباً الوزراء المعنيين بتوقيع المرسوم المتعلق بتثبيتهم.

Hundreds march to mark women’s day

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Beirut’s streets Sunday for the annual International Women’s Day march, uniting under the slogan “For a just economy, we will march.”

The march - replete with signs and banners calling for equal rights and improved living conditions - began under Fouad Chehab’s Bridge and ended at Mina al-Hosn.

Truck drivers protest Syrian job competition

Owners of small trucks staged a demonstration in Zahle Saturday to protest what they called increased competition from Syrian workers in the transport sector, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The drivers protested at Qubb Elias’ vegetable market, saying that Syrian truck drivers “threatened their livelihoods” and calling on Interior Minister Raya El Hassan to find a solution to the problem.

Workers at Rafik Hariri University Hospital strike in demand of wage hike

Workers at Rafik Hariri University Hospital held a three-hour strike Tuesday morning to protest delays in implementing their wage hikes.
Bassam Akoum, a representative of employees at the hospital, said Tuesday’s strike, which started at 7 a.m. and ended at 10 a.m., did not affect the hospital’s emergency section or other urgent operations.
He said that during the strike, the Health Ministry contacted the employees to arrange a meeting with the minister.

LU staff protests salary, pension injustices

Staff from Lebanon’s only public university Wednesday staged a protest to coincide with a strike demanding the implementation of the salary scale law and improvements to their pensions.
The protest was held in Beirut’s Riyad al-Solh Square, and coincided with a parliamentary session in neighboring Nijmeh Square - the first legislative session since Cabinet was formed, in January.

Civil March Sets Out From Labor to Health Ministry in Protest Against Corruption, Unemployment, and to Claim Economic and Health Rights

A civil march was organized by the "We are all affected means we are all responsible" Campaign against corruption and unemployment in the country, and in demand for citizens' economic and health rights.


The march set out from the Ministry of Labor towards the Ministry of Health, where participants gathered to voice their rejections for the existing stalemate situation.

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