Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.

Joint protest against sectarian quotas outside Baabda Palace

Groups held a joint protest outside the presidential Baabda Palace Tuesday, where the President, Speaker and Prime Minister met concurrently.

The various groups included the committee following up with successful applicants for Lebanon’s civil service, the IT staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, accountants in public administrations and secondary school teachers. They held a common protest demanding their ‘fair share’ outside of sectarian quotas.

Families of Islamist detainees demand amnesty

Families of detained Islamists renewed their demands that their families members be included in a general amnesty.

"All we demand is a general amnesty," cried one protester in the southern city of Sidon.

The demonstrators, mostly women, and children set out to al-Bizri mosque after Friday prayers, holding photographs of the detainees.

Karantina residents protest planned incinerator

Residents of Beirut’s Karantina area staged a protest against plans to build a trash incinerator in the working class neighborhood as part of a government initiative to deal with Lebanon’s waste crisis.

“When you talk about an incinerator, you are saying let the inhabitants find somewhere else to live,” one protestor told local media.

The protest was held near the area’s slaughterhouse, with participants lamenting the lack of attention paid by the government to the area, which during the 2015 garbage crisis was inundated with large piles of trash.

Employees demand inclusion in salary hike

 Employees in public institutions not covered in the recently passed salary scale law protested their exclusion.

A salary hike for public sector employees was approved by the government in July last year, though it has yet to be fully implemented, even for those institutions it targeted.

The demonstrators gathered in Riad al-Solh to call on the government for fairness and equality across public sector institutions.

Families of Islamist Prisoners in Lebanon Rally for Amnesty

Hundreds of protesters have rallied in the Lebanese capital demanding that Islamist prisoners be part of a discussed general amnesty.

The rally in central Beirut was attended by hundreds of families of Islamist prisoners. They were pressing the government to include their relatives in a general amnesty expected to come ahead of the country's first election in ten years.

The elections are scheduled for May. Lebanon had one general amnesty after the end of the civil war in 1990.

Ain al-Hilweh residents protest aid survey

Local residents of south Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp criticized studies conducted to provide compensation for damage caused by heavy fighting in 2017. The survey committee – made up of representatives from U.N. Palestinian aid agency UNRWA, Developmental Action without Borders and the Norwegian Refugee Council – was formed to find and approve beneficiaries for compensation for damage resulting from recent rounds of intense fighting in the south Lebanon camp.

Protesters light up Beirut with burning tires over power cut

Beirut residents crippled one of the city’s busiest roads at rush hour on evening, burning tires and bring traffic to complete halt at recent electricity cuts following strikes by power company employees.

“What did we do them?” one resident screamed, in a jab at politicians.

“Why are you doing this to us? We want to eat ... we have gone four days with no electricity,” she added.

Protesters call for more NSSF embezzlement prosecutions

Protesters called for National Social Security Fund employees involved in embezzlement to be prosecuted, saying that the charges already brought against several NSSF members were not enough.

The demonstration, held outside the Justice Palace in Adlieh, coincided with the trial hearing of NSSF Technical Committee head Samir Aoun. Around a dozen protesters, including judges, gathered to denounce what they said was a lack of comprehensive action against the misappropriation of funds at the state body.

Drivers attempt to storm TV studio during Uber debate

A clash between Uber and taxi drivers broke out outside a Beirut TV station at night as the groups attempted to storm local channel Al-Jadeed’s studios during a live broadcast debate on Uber’s operations in Lebanon. The incident took place during the broadcast of Tony Khalife’s prime-time TV show “Eye to Eye.”

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