Policy Grievances

Dozens of people protested violence against women outside the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut. The demonstration, titled “8 is not just a number,” aimed to denounce inaction by the authorities after at least eight women have been killed since early December.

The protest was organized by civil society groups, including the rights association KAFA (Enough Violence and Exploitation), which wants legislative reforms to protect women from domestic violence.

Red wooden cutout silhouettes representing victims, including the eight, were set up in the square outside Parliament.

Residents of Beirut’s Karantina area staged a protest against plans to build a trash incinerator in the working class neighborhood as part of a government initiative to deal with Lebanon’s waste crisis.

“When you talk about an incinerator, you are saying let the inhabitants find somewhere else to live,” one protestor told local media.

The protest was held near the area’s slaughterhouse, with participants lamenting the lack of attention paid by the government to the area, which during the 2015 garbage crisis was inundated with large piles of trash.

After young woman Raya Chidiac was murdered by a Syrian national in Zgharta, a online campaign and petition was lauched asking for justice, but also for the eviction of the Syrian nationals from Zgharta. 

افادت قناة الـ"OTV" عن توتر وقطع طريق في ​ميروبا​ بين اصحاب المحافر ومن يعارضها والجيش تدخل لضبط الوضع.