Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.

Relatives of Federal Bank hostage taker Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein and CSOs stage a sit-in in front of the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces in Beirut to protest his arrest

Relatives of Federal Bank hostage taker Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein protested his arrest on Friday in front of the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces in Beirut. Al-Sheikh Hussein is currently in custody after turning himself in, having been guaranteed “he would be released on the same day,” following a six-hour standoff Thursday instigated in an attempt to forcibly withdraw funds from the bank, which, according to the Depositors’ Union, aimed to cover medical expenses for his father and son. 

Banks employees strike nationwide over ''harmful stances taken against the banking sector"

Banks are on strike Monday over what the Association of Banks in Lebanon referred to as “populist, harmful stances” taken against the sector, particularly after the arrest of the head of Lebanon’s Creditbank this week, Tarek Khalife. The strike was announced on Friday evening after Khalife’s arrest (and later release) on August 1 at the Beirut International Airport. The ABL had denounced the “arbitrary” and “populist” actions taken by the courts against the banks, judging the current situation as “untenable.”

Demonstrators stage a sit-in in front of Mina El Hosn Police Station in solidarity with Samia Sibaii, the treasurer of the Cry of the Depositors association, who has been summoned

أما أمينة صندوق الجمعية سامية السباعي والمستدعاة صباح غد الخميس أمام فصيلة ميناء الحصن، فقالت: “فليستدعوا الجناة أولا وعلى رأسهم حاكم مصرف لبنان رياض سلامة ليكون استدعاؤهم لنا مبررا”. وأعلن عن اعتصام صباح غد، أمام فصيلة ميناء الحصن.

Souairi residents and mukhtars stage a sit-in at the entrance of the municipality to protest tree cutting and water cuts, and to protest the arrest of needy local residents who cut trees in winter

نفذ اهالي بلدة الصويرة في ​البقاع الغربي​ اعتصاماً سلمياً على مدخل البلدة، احتجاجاً على قطع الاشجار والتوقيفات العشوائية التي تطال الابرياء والمداهمات التي لا تراعي حرمة المنازل. وشارك في الاعتصام المخاتير والمشايخ والفاعليات، وشددوا على "وجود الدولة لمساعدة الناس المحتاجين ومنعهم من قطع الاشجار واطلاق سراح الابرياء من البلدة خاصةً المسؤول عن تحويل المياه الى البلدة لان المياه الشفة مقطوعة عن الناس منذ اكثر من عشرة ايام.

Mansourieh residents roadblock to protest the worsening security situation and to demand the release of local residents

قطع الاهالي طريق المنصورية بالاتجاهين بسبب الفلتان الامني الحاصل، وعلى خلفية اشكال وقع مع عدد من النازحين السوريين. وكان قد وقع اشكال في وقت سابق اليوم مع نازحين سوريين عملوا على التعليق بشكل غير شرعي على الكهرباءن ما ادى الى وقوع اشكال مع الاهالي، وبعدها تهجم عدد كبير من السوريين على شباب المنطقة، وقد تطور الاشكال الى اطلاق نار. واثر توقيف عدد من الشبان على خلفية الحادثة، تظاهر ابناء المنطقة للمطالبة بضبط الوضع الامني والافراج عن شباب المنصورية بعد اظهار التحقيق براءتهم.

Families of Beirut blast victims stage a sit-in outside the Parliament to protest the formation of the Supreme Council

Family members of the port blast victims gathered outside of the Parliament session to protest the formation of the Supreme Council, which they characterized as a maneuver by officials targeted by the port blast investigation to evade accountability via the judiciary, and which make them fear potential displacement of the probe – which has been suspended following complaints against prosecutor Judge Tarek Bitar filed by MPs and former ministers named in the investigation – from the judiciary to the Supreme Council. 

Protesters stage a sit-in in Qlayaa to denounce the arrest of the archbishop of Haifa and the holy land

Banque du Liban employees in all BDL branches across the country hold a three-day strike to protest recent BDL's headquarters raid

 Banque du Liban employees in all BDL branches across the country began a three-day strike Wednesday morning. BDL branches from the north to the south have closed their gates as all employees strike, with the exception of bank security guards. The union announced the strike after Judge Ghada Aoun entered BDL’s headquarters in Hamra on Tuesday morning along with members of State Security.

Protesters stage a sit-in outside Justice Palace in solidarity with Jean Ellieh who was summoned for criticising the State Shura Council

The head of the Director General of the Tender Board at the Central Inspection Board, Jean Ellieh, appeared at the Justice Palace in Beirut on Tuesday morning after being summoned by the general prosecutor’s office at the Court of Cassation for criticizing the State Shura Council.

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