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Khiam residents stage a sit-in in front of the municipality building over prices charged by private generators' owners

A number of residents in Khiam in the Nabatieh area carried out a sit-in in front of the municipality building there “to object to the high cost of the unjustified generator subscription bills.” Protestors expressed their anger at “the lack of transparency by the generator committee.” The protesters raised banners asking the municipality to consider the situation of people suffering from economic hardship, stressing that generator bills have exceeded what is reasonable, and that the municipality should be in the service of the people.

Employees of Ramco trash pick up company strike in Metn and Kesrouan to demand their unpaid wages

Workers of the Ramco company, in charge of garbage collection in Metn and Kesrouan on behalf of the state, under a contract with the Council for Development and Reconstruction, are on strike. If the workers are on strike, said Walid Bou Saad, president of Ramco, it is because the transfer of a payment to the company has still not been made by Banque du Liban, despite the signature of the finance minister. The company, he said, is seriously in debt, and can no longer pay its workers. 

Tripoli port workers stage a sit-in in front of the Union of Port Workers headquarters in solidarity with the land transport unions and to denounce lifting subsidies from basic needs

وطنية - نفذ عمال وأجراء مرفأ طرابلس وقفة تضامنية أمام مقر النقابة في حرم المرفأ، رفضا للواقع الاقتصادي والمعيشي المتردي وسياسة تجويع الناس المتمثلة برفع الدعم عن المواد الأساسية لاسيما المحروقات والدواء والقمح، وذلك تلبية لدعوة الاتحاد العمالي العام، ورئيس نقابة عمال مرفأ طرابلس أحمد السعيد، وتضامنا مع دعوة اتحاد النقل البري في لبنان.

Trade unions organise a sit-in in front of a bank in Tripoli to protest the payment of employees' salaries at the Sayrafa exchange rate

A large number of employees in several sectors carried out a sit-in in front of the main branch of a bank in al-Gemayzat, Tripoli, at the invitation of the trade unions and employees of Kadisha and Electricity du Liban, with the participation of the President of the Federation of Trade Unions and Employees in the North, Shadi Al-Sayed. They protest banks implementation of Banque du Liban’s decision to pay salaries in dollars.

Employees in several sectors stage sit-ins in front of a number of banks in Tripoli to protest the payment of their salaries at the Sayrafa exchange rate

Protestors carried out sit-ins in front of a number of banks in Tripoli to protest their implementation of Banque du Liban’s decision to pay salaries in dollars. They protest banks implementation of Banque du Liban’s decision to pay salaries in dollars. Banks are reportedly paying at the Sayrafa exchange rate, which prices the dollar at a higher value than that traded on the black market, causing a devaluation in salaries.

Activists storm the VAT building in Beirut over budget proposal, inflation and taxes increase

Protesters, including the lawyer Abi Abbas and the activist Osama Fakih stormed the VAT building to denounce increases in prices and taxes increase. ISF has closed the VAT building: some protesters are locked inside, while outside the others cannot enter the building.

Tripoli municipality employees, police and the mayor stage a sit-in outside the Municipal Palace to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the burning of the ancient building

وطنية - نفذ موظفو وعمال وشرطة بلدية طرابلس وقفة احتجاجية أمام القصر البلدي في طرابلس، لمناسبة مرور سنة على حرق المبنى البلدي الاثري في المدينة. وشارك فيها رئيس البلدية الدكتور رياض يمق، رؤساء مصالح ودوائر في البلدية.

Contract teachers stage a sit-in and roadblock in Nabi Osmane to demand the payment of their transportation allowance and social grants

وطنية - الهرمل - نفذ متعاقدو التعليم الرسمي بجميع مسمياتهم، إعتصاما بجانب الطريق الدولي بعلبك حمص في بلدة النبي عثمان في البقاع الشمالي وقطعوا الطريق لبعض الوقت على خلفية حرمانهم من بدل النقل والمنحة الاجتماعية، مطالبين بحقوقهم أسوة بغيرهم من القطاعات. وشارك في الاعتصام عدد من الطلاب وأهاليهم، وألقيت كلمات أبرزها لمدير متوسطة الزيتون الرسمية احمد خليل، شددت على إنصاف الأساتذة وتأمين حقوقهم لمتابعة  العملية التربوية.

Public school teachers and administrators stage a sit-in at a branch of Fransabank in Baalbeck to protest against the bank's monthly withdrawal limit of LL3 million applied on school bank accounts and employees’ bank accounts

Public school teachers and administrators staged a sit-in at a branch of Fransabank in Baalbeck, to protest against the bank's monthly withdrawal limit of LL3 million. The banks are withholding school funds and the salaries of teachers and employees, through applying a ceiling of LL3 million on school bank accounts and employees’ bank accounts.

Activists and family members of murdered activist Omar Tayba stage a sit-in in Nour Square and outside Tripoli serail to demand justice

وطنية - طرابلس - تجمع في ساحة النور وامام سرايا طرابلس، عدد من الناشطين في الحراك الشعبي واهالي الناشط عمر طيبة الذي قتل بطلق ناري اثناء الاعتصامات التي جرت امام السرايا في العام الفائت. وطالب المحتجون المعنيين بمعرفة "ما آلت اليه التحقيقات ومحاكمة مطلق النار على طيبا وانزال اشد العقوبات بحقه"، محذرين من "اتخاذ اجراءات تصعيدية في حال لم يتجاوب المسؤولون مع مطلبهم". وعمد المعتصمون بعد ذلك الى اضرام النار بالاطارات ورشق سرايا المدينة بالحجارة تضامنا مع اهلي طيبا، وسط انتشار كثيف لعناصر قوى الامن الداخلي داخل حرم السراي والجيش اللبناني في محيطها، وقطع الجيش الطرقات

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