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President of the Lebanese Center for Human Rights Wadih al-Asmar was questioned by the Internal Security Forces’ Anti-Cybercrimes Bureau Friday, two weeks after he was summoned to appear over a post he made on social media.

Asmar told The Daily Star after the interrogation that he had been summoned after a complaint was filed against him by the Catholic Information Center, because he tweeted a screenshot of a Facebook post that made a joke about St. Charbel. The original post had been made by online activist and comedian Charbel Khoury, who was interrogated about it in July.

Protesters burned tires and blocked roads in Sidon Monday to protest against the South Lebanon Water Authority as the city has been experiencing water shortages for three days. Demonstrators held the state-run water company accountable for ongoing supply issues in the area, which has seen an increase in water rationing in recent days.

Interruptions in the main electrical service line led to the rationing program to ensure the regular functioning of water pumps, officials said.

أفادت غرفة "التحكم المروري" التابعة للمديرية العامة لقوى الامن الداخلي عن "قطع الطريق على ​كورنيش المزرعة​ باتجاه البربير من قبل بعض المحتجين وتحويل السير الى الطرقات الفرعية المجاورة".

من جهتها، افادت معلومات صحفية بأن مناصري تيار "المستقبل" قطعوا الطريق احتجاجا على كلام ​سالم زهران​ عن رئيس ​الحكومة​ المكلف ​سعد الحريري​.

Activists organized a protest in the northern port city of Tripoli Sunday to call for development, rights and employment opportunities.

Dozens gathered in the center of Lebanon’s second-largest city, which has been hit hard by spillover from the Syrian conflict and economic downturn, with residents saying they have been neglected by Beirut.

Protesters held signs and covered a car with slogans such as “enough marginalization,” calling for 24/7 electricity, an end to water and electricity-related fines within 14 days as well as the closure of the Tripoli landfill.