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Metn residents protested against building's destruction

 Local Metn residents threw stones Wednesday to protest the Internal Security Forces’ attempted destruction of an allegedly illegal building, local media reported.

ISF were present in large numbers in order to protect members of Jdeideh Municipality who were carrying out the destruction, a security source told The Daily Star.

The Jdeideh Municipality had reportedly issued a series of warnings to those who built the home, in the town of Roueisat, but these warnings were not complied with.

Lebanon workers step up protests against illegal competition

On 03 Feb 17, in Al Ain – Baalbeck, workers in east Lebanon protested against illegal competition in the country. They demanded that authorities act against the competition imposed by Syrians in the market place.

Citrus farmers dump produce over Syrian imports

Farmers in south Lebanon scattered produce across the Zahrani Highway to protest the lack of supervision of Syrian imports that they say are crippling the sector. Following the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, the country’s produce has flowed into Lebanon as fighting closed borders and countries imposed sanctions. South Lebanon farmers threw large quantities of citrus fruits and a mixture of vegetables onto the area’s main highway to demand action from politicians. Traffic came to a standstill before Internal Security Forces intervened to reopen the road.

Beirut protesters call for electoral reforms

Hundreds of protesters marched in Beirut Sunday to demand reforms to Lebanon’s electoral system, including the adoption of a proportional vote law.

Around four hundred protesters affiliated with civil society coalition A Parliament for Everyone gathered in Beirut’s Sanayeh District across from the Interior Ministry, before marching toward Riad al-Solh square near Parliament.

Solidarity protest in Beirut

وطنية - نظم مركز "الخيام لتأهيل ضحايا التعذيب" ومنظمات فلسطينية وعربية، "وقفة تضامنية" امام مقر الاسكوا في رياض الصلح في بيروت، مع امين عام المركز محمد صفا، الذي تم احتجازه وترحيله من مطار مكسيكو ومنعه من حضور مؤتمر دولي لمناهضة التعذيب.

Protest by Civil Movements at Beirut Airport: For aviation safety remove landfill

 Civil activists of "You Stink" Campaign and other Civil Movements gathered at Rafik Hariri International Airport on evening, in protest against "the way of dealing with the birds threatening the safety of civil aviation crisis," NNA correspondent at Beirut Airport reported.


Civil activist Lucien Abu Rjeily called for "the removal of the main reason for this crisis, namely the Costa Brava Landfill." 

Families of kidnapped soldiers stage sit-in in Doures

Families of the kidnapped soldiers staged a sit-in in Doures, and disrupted traffic in both ways, NNA field reporters said.

Protesters brandished slogans and banners in support of the Lebanese military and called for their release regardless of their confessional belonging, reporters added.

Speaking at the behest of the protesters, Tarayya municipal head Mahdi Hamiyeh, highly commended the Body of Moslem Scholars for their mediation efforts with the terrorists and pleaded with people of Ersal to release the soldiers.

Residents protest in Bourj Hammoud

A curfew was set  in the eastern Beirut suburb of Bourj Hammoud after an altercation took place on, in which one man was seriously injured by a gas canister. Five Kurdish-Syrians were later arrested in connection to the fight, according to LBC.

Lebanese residents of Bourj Hammoud staged sit-in took place on Sunday, accusing Syrians of being behind the dispute and calling for stricter security in the neighborhood.

A curfew was then set, forbidding Syrian nationals from being outdoors between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am in Bourj Hammoud.

Sit-in at Naameh landfill suspended after cracked down

Activists temporarily suspended their activities at the Naameh landfill Friday afternoon after a police crackdown earlier in the day cleared the way for Sukleen to resume dumping at the site serving Beirut and Mount Lebanon.

Protesters have been blocking the access road to the Naameh landfill on and off since Jan. 17, repeatedly bringing trash collection in Beirut to a standstill. The road, however, was opened during the police raid early Friday morning.

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