Policy Grievances

Hundreds marched in Beirut Saturday in a protest against child marriage to mark International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8.
The protest, which was organized by the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL) and the National Coalition for Protecting Children from Child Marriage, aimed to pressure Parliament to pass a law to make 18 the minimum legal age for marriage.

A few thousand demonstrators marched toward the Finance Ministry in Beirut Sunday to protest economic policies and worsening living conditions in Lebanon.

The protest, led by the Lebanese Communist Party, the Popular Nasserite Organization and a number of civil society groups, set off from the Barbir area and gathered in front of the ministry’s branch in Beshara Khoury.

Among the protesters' demands were for the state to ensure that taxation policies address wealth distribution, improve the quality of public education and provide new work opportunities.

Several people cut the roads and burned tires in Beirut’s southern Jnah area Thursday in protest of a Ghobeiri Municipality decision to remove unlicensed coffee and juice shops on one of its main streets.

This was the municipality’s second attempt at removing the area’s unlicensed coffee shops occupying the sidewalk under the Sultan Ibrahim bridge in Jnah. In September, the municipality decided to remove all violating kiosks from its streets.

Local news channel Al-Jadeed interviewed one of the protesters, who had a juice and coffee wooden shack since 2006.

نفّذ شباب دورة خفراء ​الجمارك​ 2014 اعتصاما مقابل المديرية العامة للجمارك، في ​شارع المصارف​، للمطالبة بإصدار نتائجهم المتأخرة منذ 4 سنوات. والتقت النائبة ​بولا يعقوبيان​ المدير العام للجمارك بدر ضاهر للاطلاع على قضيتهم.