Location on the Lebanese territory

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.

Protests in solidarity with Berri extend to Lebanese University

Employees at the Lebanese University in Hadath staged a protest in solidarity with Speaker Nabih Berri as part of the fourth day of actions in support of the speaker.

“Today we are protesting in a civil manner and will continue to do so because we feel that the nation is in danger with this language we’re hearing today,” Ali Chehade, an Amal supporter, told MTV Lebanon.

Protests were sparked Monday after a video of Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil was leaked in which he called Berri a “thug.”

Berri supporters open fire in Hadath; Bassil supporters bring weapons

Supporters of AMAL Movement chief Speaker Nabih Berri opened gunfire shots into the air late on Wednesday in the Beirut's southern suburbs neighborhood of Hadath in protest to the foreign minister's remarks about Berri which compelled an intervention on the Lebanese army's part, the National News Agency reported.

Berri supporters protest in Beirut, Tyre

Supporters of Speaker Nabih Berri rallied for the third consecutive day across Lebanon, with dozens waving banners and chanting slogans in Beirut and the southern city of Tyre.

The protests broke out on the streets Monday in response to a viral video in which Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil is seen calling Berri a “thug,” during a meet with supporters of his Free Patriotic Movement.

Second day of protests over Bassil slur

Protests and demonstrations erupted for a second day in both Beirut and some areas of south Lebanon as a result of a leaked recoding showing Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil calling Speaker Nabih Berri a “thug” in a recent electoral meeting. Although protests were not on the same scale as those Monday, Berri’s supporters took to the streets of the capital in the evening with no obvious end in sight to the tension.

The leaked video was not well received by officials and members of the Amal Movement, headed by Berri, and has soured relations between the speaker and Bassil.

Pro-Berri protests spread across Beirut

Supporters of Speaker Nabih Berri took to the streets, blocking roads close to Free Patriotic Movement offices in reaction to a leaked video of Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil calling the speaker a "thug." Assault rifles were fired into the air near FPM offices in Mirna Chalouhli as protesters blocked streets. It wasn't immediately clear who initiated the gunfire with both the Amal Movement and the FPM each blaming the other. Lebanese Army units and Internal Security Forces deployed near the center to prevent Berri's supporters reaching the building.

Spate of women’s deaths sparks Beirut protest

Dozens of people protested violence against women outside the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut. The demonstration, titled “8 is not just a number,” aimed to denounce inaction by the authorities after at least eight women have been killed since early December.

The protest was organized by civil society groups, including the rights association KAFA (Enough Violence and Exploitation), which wants legislative reforms to protect women from domestic violence.

Red wooden cutout silhouettes representing victims, including the eight, were set up in the square outside Parliament.

Kurdish demonstration in front of Turkish Embassy protests Afrin offensive

Lebanon: A protest against the Turkish military operation in Syria’s Kurdish-held Afrin region was held in front of the Turkish Embassy in Metn’s Rabieh.

The Turkish offensive, dubbed “Operation Olive Branch,” began Saturday, pushing to clear YPG Kurdish militia fighters from Afrin.

The increasing death toll drew outrage from some 200 protesters gathered in front of the embassy, raising Kurdish flags and chanting statements against Turkey’s offensive, a security source told The Daily Star.

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.

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