Injustice/Perceived injustice

Journalists and activists express support for Nida Al Watan

Journalists and activists held a solidarity stand with Nida Al Watan newspaper after its editor-in-chief and responsible director were summoned to appear at the Justice Palace over a controversial front-page article published last week.

Liberated detainees stage in outside military court

A number of detainees that had been released from Khiam detention center and the Israeli prisons are staging a sit-in outside the military court in Beirut, in concurrence with the interrogation session of Israeli collaborator, Amer Elias Fakhouri.

Protesters call for Fakhoury execution

Hundreds of people gathered in the derelict courtyard of the former Israel-linked Khiam prison in South Lebanon Sunday, in protest against the return of its former commander to Lebanon - some calling for his execution.

Palestinian refugees continue protests asking for asylum

Hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon gathered in Martyr’s Square this morning, the latest in a series of demonstrations asking for asylum. Along with Palestinian flags, protestors waved the colours of the European Union, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The protest was organized by the Palestinian Youth Organization for Humanitarian Relief in Lebanon and the Youth Movement for Palestinians in Syria.

Palestinian protesters ask for asylum in Canada

Hundreds of Palestinian refugees protested outside the Canadian Embassy Thursday morning, asking to be granted asylum. The demonstration in front of the embassy in Jal al-Dib was organized by the Palestinian Youth Organization for Humanitarian Relief in Lebanon and the Youth Movement for Palestinians in Syria. A similar protest was held in August when the organizations submitted lists of names of Palestinians residing in Lebanon who were requesting asylum in Canada.

Students and parents protest Baccalaureate results mix-up

Dozens of students and parents blocked the road outside the Education Ministry to protest a ministry announcement earlier this month that some students had failed their Baccalaureate exam after initially being informed they had passed. Since the announcement, the students and their families have been regularly protesting outside the ministry. The protesters Monday blocked the road by the ministry, prompting riot police and security forces to dispatch to the area.

People with special needs cut off Mina road to protest their kiosks’ removal

A group of disabled persons and their families in the North have cut off the road leading to the Municipality of al-Mina - Maritime Highway, and set up a tent in the middle of the road, with the participation of a delegation from the Labor Union in the North, including former MP Mesbah al-Ahdab, to protest the removal of their kiosks along the Corniche and the Municipality’s failure to fulfill its promises to hire them.

North Lebanon residents protest trash ‘parking’ area

Hundreds protested in north Lebanon in opposition to the establishment of an area to temporarily “park” trash in the village of Terbol as part of a solution to the area’s waste crisis. Environment Minister Fadi Jreissati announced earlier this month that it would be stored there until a new sanitary landfill was built.Locals from the Minyeh-Dinnieh and Zgharta districts expressed dissatisfaction with the interim solution, blocking a main road in north Lebanon’s Minyeh Wednesday morning.

Solid waste plant workers strike in Sidon

Trash has piled up in the streets of the city of Sidon as workers of the city’s solid waste sorting plant have been striking since earlier this week over unpaid wages. Employees gathered Friday for the third day in a row to prevent trucks from entering the plant in Nabatieh’s Siniq, south of Sidon. Around 450 workers have not been paid their wages due to the state’s 13-month delay in paying the plant for treating the waste of Sidon and more than 12 other municipalities in Sidon and Zahrani Municipal Union. 

Factory owners protest pollution crackdown

Over 50 factory owners in Baalbeck briefly blocked the road connecting Qsarnaba to Bednayel to protest a crackdown on factories polluting the Litani River. Industry Minister Wael Abu Faour announced earlier this week that his ministry has temporarily closed 14 factories and industrial plants. He also gave deadlines for factories to prevent polluted and untreated water from entering the river, after which the ministry, in coordination with the Litani River Authority, would start closing down noncompliant businesses.

 

 


 

 

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