Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.

Families of the missing and disappeared organised sit-in in Tyre

وطنية - أطلقت لجنة أهالي المخطوفين والمفقودين في لبنان من مدينة صور، فعاليات الاحتفال باليوم العالمي للمفقودين الذي يصادف في الثلاثين من آب في كل عام في شارع المطاعم في الكورنيش الجنوبي للمدينة.

Baalbeck residents protest Army raids

Residents from Baalbeck burned tires and closed down a road, protesting the recent raid in Brital by the Lebanese Army, which led to the death of one of Lebanon’s most wanted drug dealers.

A security source told The Daily Star that the Army intervened shortly after the road leading into Baalbeck was closed and reopened it.

“It’s not a main road, because the Army is not allowing any roads to be closed, and they informed all locals of this decision,” the source said.

Against repression campaign

A group of online activists have called for a peaceful sit-in at the Samir Kassir Square in Downtown Beirut on Tuesday, July 24 to protest the recent wave of dissident arrests.
The organizers launched a campaign labelled “against repression” because "Lebanon is facing an unprecedented decline in freedom of expression in all forms.”

Activists protest violation of freedom of speech

Activists protested the violation of freedom of speech by the government Tuesday, following the recent detention of three individuals for their social media activity.

The Against Repression campaign, which was initiated on social media, brought together activists, journalists and others at Samir Kassir Square in downtown Beirut to express their concerns about local censorship.

Protest in Kfar Hazir over environmental issues

نظّمت لجنة ​كفرحزير​ البيئية، وقفه إحتجاجيه أمام مقالع مصانع ​إسمنت شكا​ في حي المجيدل في كفرحزير، "رفضًا للموت اليومي الّذي يتعرّض له أهالي ​الكورة​، والّذي تسبّبه مصانع إسمنت شكا بسبب استعمال الوقود النفضي الثقيل (بتروكوك) بين البيوت السكنية، وبسبب نشرها الغازات السامة والمعادن الثقيلة في هواء وتراب ومياه الكورة الجوفية، فضلاً عن إزالة جرافاتها لجبال الكورة وبساتينها وينابيعها وبسبب وصول هذه الجرافات إلى بيوت الأهالي".

Baalbeck wheat farmers protest inadequate crop compensation

Wheat farmers in the eastern city of Baalbeck Wednesday protested what they said was inadequate government compensation for a failed crop, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Nabatieh residents decry local landfill after reopening

A standoff between an activist and a bulldozer opening the road to a dump ended in insults and a complaint filed with Nabatieh police Friday. Residents of Nabatieh Fawqa had woken up Friday to a bulldozer reopening a road that some residents had closed weeks ago because of its proximity to a controversial dump.

Nabatieh residents protest reopening of landfill site

Residents of the Nabatieh town of Mayfadoun Tuesday staged a protest against a local judge’s decision to reopen a nearby landfill.

Nabatieh Judge of Urgent Matters Ahmed Mezher issued a decision to reopen the landfill located between Mayfadoun and the nearby town of Shoukeen temporarily for one week before it is closed entirely.

The Mayfadoun municipality filed a complaint soon afterward to demand the site remain closed in view of the environmental damage and health problems they said it had caused by polluting nearby groundwater used by the town.

Sit-in in Tripoli over construction of new dump waste

وطنية - أفاد مندوب "الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام" في طرابلس محسن السقال أن العشرات من هيئات المجتمع المدني والأهلي اعتصموا أمام قصر رشيد كرامي الثقافي البلدي في طرابلس (نوفل سابقا)، اعتراضا على الحلول التي قدمتها الحكومة ومجلس الانماء والاعمار حول إنشاء مطمر جديد للنفايات بجانب المطمر القديم، وتزامنا مع انعقاد جلسة موسعة لنواب المدينة مع رؤساء وأعضاء بلديات اتحاد الفيحاء، ومن أبرز الحاضرين: الرئيس نجيب ميقاتي، وزير العمل في حكومة تصريف الأعمال محمد كبارة، والنواب: جان عبيد، سمير الجسر، ديما جمالي، نقولا نحاس وعلي درويش، ورئيس اتحاد بلديات الفيحاء المهندس أحمد قمر الدين.

Protest brings Sidon waste plant to halt

Demonstrators broke into a waste-sorting plant in Sidon Friday to protest the pervasive smell and environmental degradation resulting from the site and its nearby dumps, prompting retaliation by the plant’s workers. The southern coastal city’s household solid waste treatment center, operated by IBC, said it would temporarily close in response to the protests, prompting Sidon MP Osama Saad, a main organizer of Friday’s protests, to say the factory must remain open. Saad said the factory was a public establishment, though operated by a private company.

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