Location on the Lebanese territory

A campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of landmines was launched Friday in the southern Lebanese border town of Kfar Kila. Students from schools in the town participated in a 1-kilometer race that was organized as a part of the “Run for Lebanon, Free from Landmines” campaign.

The race provided the Lebanese Army an opportunity to explain to hundreds of students the dangers of mines and cluster bombs.

Dozens gathered outside the World Bank offices in Downtown Beirut Monday to submit a petition protesting the creation of a 125-million cubic meter reservoir in south Lebanon’s Bisri Valley.
The World Bank is one of the main financers of the controversial Bisri Dam project, which it says will benefit over 1.6 million people living in greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon.

But environmental groups strongly oppose the creation of the dam, citing issues related to biodiversity, cultural heritage, public health, local economy and seismic activity.

Staff from Lebanon’s only public university Wednesday staged a protest to coincide with a strike demanding the implementation of the salary scale law and improvements to their pensions.
The protest was held in Beirut’s Riyad al-Solh Square, and coincided with a parliamentary session in neighboring Nijmeh Square - the first legislative session since Cabinet was formed, in January.

The campaign to grant a general amnesty for some prisoners in Lebanon escalated sharply Thursday when inmates set a fire inside Tripoli’s Qibbeh Prison and their families burned tires outside and attempted to enter.

Days before, prisoners in both Qibbeh and Metn’s Roumieh Prison had started a hunger strike to call for an amnesty and protest prison conditions.

A prominent general amnesty activist with knowledge of the situation said security forces had tried to end the strike Thursday, leading some prisoners to riot and set a fire.