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Public high school teachers in Danniyeh and Nabatieh strike to demand their labour rights

وطنية - إلتزمت ثانويات الضنية الرسمية ودار المعلمين في المنطقة الإضراب الشامل والتوقف عن العمل والإمتناع عن الحضور إلى مراكز العمل، الذي دعت إليه رابطة أساتذة التعليم الثانوي في لبنان اليوم وغدا، بسبب تلكؤ المسؤولين عن القيام بواجباتهم، وضرب القطاع التعليمي بمماطلاتهم، وعدم تنفيذهم وعودهم وتسويفهم.
كما عم الاضراب الشامل الثانويات والمدارس الرسمية في مدينة النبطية ومنطقتها، احتجاجا على عدم تحقيق مطالب المعلمين، ومنها دفع بدل 90 دولار والتي اقرها وزير التربية، وعدم تحويل المساعدة الاجتماعية الشهرية لهم،  واستنكارا لتحكم المصارف 

Members of the Free Professions Syndicates stage sit-ins at their headquarters in protest against the draft capital control law

وطنية - شهد مقر نقابة محرري الصحافة اللبنانية في الحازمية، وقفة تحذيرية، تنفيذا لقرار اتحاد نقابات المهن الحرة في 14 نيسان الحالي، تنظيم وقفات تحذيرية من مغبة امرار مشروع قانون ال"كابيتال كونترول" ، واستمرار التضييق على ودائع النقابات وصناديقها والتضييق المصرفي، كل في مقر نقابته. شارك في الوقفة أعضاء مجلس النقابة وعدد من الزملاء الصحافيين والإعلاميين.

Part-time and full-time professors at the Lebanese University stage a sit-in near by Baabda Presidential Palace to demand the Cabinet to approve several decrees

The cabinet session was held at the presidential palace in Baabda under the chairmanship of President Michel Aoun. A meeting between Mikati and Aoun took place before the session, while Lebanese University lecturers demonstrated near the Baabda Palace demanding their tenure.

Families of Beirut blast victims stage a sit-in in front of the grain silos in the port to protest the cabinet's decision to demolish the silos

About thirty relatives of the August 4, 2020 Beirut port blast victims gathered Thursday near the port, in front of the grain silos damaged during the blast, to protest their demolition, which was approved by the cabinet the same day. William Noun, brother of firefighter Joe Noun who was killed in the catastrophe, indicated that the families are “working with the Order of Engineers to present a project in order to preserve the silos’ structure.” While there was a police presence, the sit-in proceeded peacefully without road blockages or tensions.

Lebanese Army troops forcibly prevent families of Beirut blast victims from staging a sit-in in Kaslik to protest the demolition of the grain silos and the delay in the probe

Lebanese Army troops forcibly prevented relatives of the victims of the August 4, 2020 port blast from gathering for a protest outside the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) on Friday, where President Michel Aoun was attending an Easter Good Friday service, according to one of the protest leaders, who said the troops also assaulted some of the demonstrators.

Families of Beirut blast victims stage a sit-in outside the house of Finance Minister Youssef Khalil to protest delay in the probe

Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Finance Minister Youssef Khalil’s residence in Raouche Saturday to protest his “interference” in the August 4, 2020 Beirut port blast investigation and to object to the delay in the port blast investigation. Protesters spoke out against the delay in the appointment of judges to the Court of Cassation, holding Khalil responsible because he has yet to sign an appointment letter, which they say has been on his desk for weeks. The Court of Cassation has been unable to rule on complaints filed against the blast investigation head Judge

Depositors demonstrate in downtown Beirut against the draft capital control law

Angry depositors gathered in Downtown Beirut near Parliament to demonstrate against the draft capital control law. Protestors prevented some MPs from attending a joint parliamentary committee session of the Finance and Budget Committee and the Administration and Justice Committee, which was scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. 

Social Security employees stage a sit-in outside the NSSF branch in Tripoli-Mina to demand the payment of social assistance

وطنية - طرابلس - نفذ موظفو الضمان اعتصاما امام مركز الضمان في الميناء - طرابلس احتجاجا على عدم اقرار المساعدة الاجتماعية، شارك فيه رئيس إتحاد نقابات العمال والمستخدمين في الشمال النقيب شادي السيد وأعضاء الاتحاد. 

Cry of the Depositors calls for a sit-in in Downtown Beirut to protest the capital control draft law

Dozens of protesters gathered in Downtown Beirut to voice their objections to the capital control bill that was being discussed in a joint parliamentary committee meeting. The activist group Cry of the Depositors called for the mobilization. The committee session ended without the bill being referred to Parliament for a full vote. Discussions will resume next Tuesday. 

Municipal workers in Tripoli stage sit-ins outside the Municipality building and the residence of the Minister of Interior to demand the payment of due social allowance

وطنية – طرابلس - نفذ عمال بلدية طرابلس اعتصاما امام القصر البلدي، احتجاجا على عدم قبضهم المساعدة الاجتماعية والوصول الى حائط مسدود في هذا الشأن. ثم قام العمال بمسيرة حطت رحالها عند منزل وزير الداخلية في محلة المئتين، حيث نفذوا اعتصاما في ظل إجراءات أمنية للجيش وعناصر قوى الأمن الداخلي. ولفت النقيب عمر دلال في كلمة الى "تعقيدات تتسبب بها مسؤولة إحدى الدوائر تحول دون وصول المساعدة الاجتماعية الى عمال بلدية طرابلس".

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