Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.

Depositors protest at Justice Palace amid European judges' investigation

BEIRUT — Depositors' rights groups held a sit-in Tuesday morning in front of Beirut's Justice Palace during a visit by European judges to investigate alleged corruption and money laundering by Banque du Liban governor Riad Salameh, L'Orient Today's correspondent on the scene reported.

On Monday, investigators from France, Germany and Luxembourg held their first day of hearings in Beirut. Depositors' rights collectives Mouttahidoun ("United") and The Depositors' Cry called for the protest the previous day.

Families of the Beirut Port crime victims stage a sit-in in front of the Palace of Justice in Beirut before a session of the Supreme Judicial Council.

اعتصام أمام قصر العدل في #بيروت، قبل جلسة لمجلس القضاء الأعلى ستبحث تعيين قاض رديف، سيعمل على طمس التحقيق في جريمة مرفأ بيروت، وفق أهالي الضحايا.

Syrian protesters blocked the road in front of a Lebanese army barracks in Wadi Khaled, in protest against the army's handing over of refugees, after rescuing them from immigration boats, to the Syrian regime's army.

محتجون سوريون قطعوا، قبل ظهر اليوم، الطريق أمام ثكنة للجيش اللبناني في وادي خالد، احتجاجاً على تسليم الجيش لاجئين بعد انقاذهم من قوارب الهجرة، إلى جيش النظام السوري.

In opposition to the Ministry of Works' decision to increase the cost of operating tourist boats, a number of boat owners participated in a sit-in in the city of Sidon.

وطنية - صيدا - اعتصم عدد من أصحاب  مراكب النزهة في مدينة صيدا صباح اليوم ، قبالة قلعة صيدا البحرية، احتجاجاً على قرار وزارة الأشغال القاضي برفع الرسوم المالية  على المراكب السياحية. 

وناشد المعتصمون وزير الأشغال في حكومة تصريف الأعمال علي حميه "إعادة النظر والتراجع عن قراره"، معتبرين " ان الرسوم مجحفة بحقهم ولا سيما في ظل الإنهيار المالي والإقتصادي وعدم قدرتهم على دفعها" .

Dozens of women demonstrated on Saturday in front of the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut's Nejmeh Square to demand harsher sentences for sexual assault offenders in Lebanon.

BEIRUT — Dozens of women demonstrated on Saturday in front of the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut's Nejmeh Square to demand harsher sentences for sexual assault offenders in Lebanon.

Videos and pictures of the protest show women dressed in black and holding signs marked with inscriptions such as "Rape is a crime," and "For a punishment commensurate with the crime." The demonstrators also raised their fists and chanted slogans such as "Strengthen the sentences! This crime must be tried!"

Protest in front of Parliament ahead of capital control discussion

BEIRUT — Dozens of people, including members of the bank despositors' group Moutahidoun (United) and Citizens in a State party, on Monday morning protested in front of Parliament to demonstrate their opposition to the current version of a capital control draft law ahead of its discussion by parliamentary committees.

According to the National News Agency, the protesters were joined by caretaker Minister of Displaced Issam Charafeddine.

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