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Teachers and retired military members protest outside a branch of Al Baraka Bank in Tripoli to protest the branch's refusal to pay their dues in dollars

Teachers and retired military members protest outside a branch of Al Baraka Bank in Tripoli to protest the branch's refusal to pay their dues in dollars. The branch does not comply with Banque du Liban's directives that ordered all banks to pay employees their salaries and dues in dollars. 

Municipality workers in Baalbek strike to protest their bad working conditions and the non payment of their financial dues

وطنية - بعلبك - اعلن عمال بلدية بعلبك "الإضراب المفتوح والتوقف عن العمل بسبب تدني رواتبهم وعدم تقاضيهم المساعدة الاجتماعية وبدل النقل الجديد، نتيجة امتناع وزارة المالية والداخلية والبلديات عن تحويل مستحقات البلدية من الصندوق البلدي المستقل وعائدات الخليوي عن عامي 2020 و2021" 

Governmental hospital employees stage sit-ins and a one-hour strike all over Lebanon in solidarity with Fatima Yahya, a nurse who was physically assaulted by the director of Bint Jbeil Governmental Hospital

The union of government hospital employees invited healthcare workers in governmental hospitals all over Lebanon to stage a one-hour strike in solidarity with Fatima Yahya, a nurse who was physically assaulted by the director of Bint Jbeil Governmental Hospital, Tawfiq Faraj, for demanding financial dues she has not received for four months. The syndicate of nurses denounced the nursing staff's exposure to violence and unethical treatment, stressing nurses' right to demand their dues.

The Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities stages a sit-in and roadblocks in front of Banque du Liban to demand the immediate release of funds belonging to institutions and associations for people with special needs

The Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities held a protest in front of Banque du Liban demanding the immediate release of funds belonging to institutions and associations for people with special needs. Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Hector Hajjar took part in the protest and stated that BDL governor Riad Salameh should facilitate the bank transfers for these associations and allow the withdrawal of all the donations they received from abroad.

Kidney patients and their relatives stage a sit-in outside the Islamic Charity Hospital in Tripoli to protest the decision of the hospital to require the payment of dialysis sessions in dollars

Kidney patients and their relatives stage a sit-in outside the Islamic Charity Hospital in Tripoli to protest the payment of dialysis sessions in dollars. The hospital recently announced that patients will have to pay 27,50$ per dialysis session even if they are fully insured and that they will need to pay one month in advance. As most patients need three dialysis sessions per week and earn their wages in Lebanese pounds or are unemployed, they cannot afford these high costs in dollars.

Opposition MPs and families of the victims of the Beirut port explosion gather in the front of the immigrant statue and march to the Parliament in support of the new MPs and to demand justice in the Beirut blast case

Around 60 people, among them families of the victims of the Beirut port explosion, are gathering in front of the immigrant statue, Tuesday morning, to support opposition MPs before the first Parliament session scheduled at 11 a.m. The demonstrators will march from the immigrant statue in front of the port, to the Parliament in Nejmeh Square. More people are expected to arrive at the scene, according to our correspondent.

Mechanical inspection centres employees stage a sit-in in front of Interior Ministry to protest the Ministry's decision to cancel the mechanical examination for cars

وطنية - أعلنت الهيئة التأسيسية لنقابة عمال ومستخدمي المعاينة الميكانيكية في لبنان في بيان عن،  "اعتصام سلمي سينفذه جميع عمال وموظفي المعاينة الميكانيكية في لبنان يوم غد الإثنين عند الحادية عشر من قبل ظهر الاثنين في 30 من الحالي، أمام وزارة الداخلية والبلديات مع تأكيد الإستمرار في التصعيد والإنتاج السلمي تحت سقف القانون وبالتنسيق مع الإتحاد العمالي العام لحين الوصول إلى  حقوقنا".

Ghazze residents stage a sit-in outside the nearby landfill to demand its closure

وطنية - البقاع الغربي - اعتصم أهالي بلدة غزة والجوار أمام مكب النفايات في خراج البلدة، احتجاجا على الأضرار التي يتسبب بها المكب العشوائي القريب من الأراضي الزراعية ومجرى الليطاني والذي انتهى عقد تشغيله منذ خمس سنوات لجهة عدم تجهيزه بالطاقة الشمسية والبايوفلتر، مما يتسبب بتكاثر الحشرات والروائح الكريهة والعصارة المفرزة على الأراضي الزراعية المجاورة للمكب.
وبعد انتهاء الاعتصام، أقدم المعتصمون على إقفال المكب ومعمل الفرز حتى إيجاد البديل الصحي والبيئي للمنطقة.

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