Location on the Lebanese territory

Uber drivers protest Machnouk’s attacks on service

Uber drivers held an impromptu protest Thursday, a day after Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said that the popular ride-hailing app was unsafe and called on the Lebanese people to use local taxi companies instead. The minister’s remarks were made after a driver contracted with the company was named as the prime suspect in the murder of British national Rebecca Dykes.

Around 56 Uber drivers staged the Thursday morning demonstration near the Beirut Digital District building Downtown where Uber’s Lebanon offices are located.

Protesters rally against attacks on press freedom

Over 100 protesters gathered outside the Justice Ministry to demonstrate against what they said was increasing repression of Lebanon’s media and charges leveled against television presenter Marcel Ghanem. The demonstration brought together civil society actors, journalists and politicians to push back against what was described as the Justice Ministry’s “growing suppression” of the media.

Protesters also warned that any authority that attempts to stifle freedom of expression would not refrain from committing more serious crimes in the future, local TV channel LBCI reported.

Parents protest increase in school tuition, as school promotes dialogue

A committee of school children’s parents held a sit-in to protest tuition increases in front of Notre Dame School in Kesrouan’s Zouk Mosbeh, according to local media reports.

Thousands Rally in Sidon for Hamas 30th anniversary

Thousands of Palestinians from across Lebanon’s refugee camps gathered in Sidon to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas Movement.

Thousands Rally in Sidon for Hamas 30th anniversary

Thousands of Palestinians from across Lebanon’s refugee camps gathered in Sidon to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas Movement.

Protesters cut electricity in Akkar

قطع المعتصمون من أهالي بلدات منطقة الجومة في عكار، ​التيار الكهربائي​ عن كلّ البلدات الّتي تتغذّى من محطة التوزيع في بلدة ​بيت ملات​.

وأكّد نائب رئيس بلدية ​عكار العتيقة​ الدكتور رامي ملحم، أنّ "قطع التيار طال خطّ الجرد وخطّ الدريب وخطّ الجومة، وأنّ انقطاع التيار سوف يستمرّ حتّى تحقيق مطالب المعتصمين بتوزيع متساو بين البلدات كافّة كما كانت سابق، وأنّ المعتصمين سيبقون في المكان لمنع أي محاولة لتشغيل التيار إذا لم يشمل كلّ البلدات".

وعملت الأجهزة الأمنية المختصة على تأمين الأمن في محيط المحطة.

Civil service applicants protest delay in appointments

Successful applicants for the Civil Service Council held a demonstration onf morning in Riad al-Solh Square to protest the delay in their appointment.

Palestinians in Lebanon protest embassy move

Palestinians across Lebanon took to the streets to express anger at U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

In south Beirut’s Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camp, children flashed victory signs, and women waved Palestinian flags in protest.

Meanwhile, in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon, hundreds gathered in front of the entrance to a school run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees to denounce the anticipated move – referring to Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli occupation.

EDL workers block headquarters entrance in ongoing protest

Electricite du Liban workers resumed their protest in front of the company’s headquarters to demand payment of outstanding salaries. The workers closed off EDL’s entrance and held a sit-in in the reception area. Contract workers were also protesting in Zahle’s Chtoura and Baalbeck, the state-run National News Agency reported. Scores of workers had protested on Monday, burning trash near EDL’s headquarters in Corniche al-Nahr. The workers are demanding payment of salaries and long-term contracts that would cement their status on the company’s staff.

EDL workers block headquarters entrance in ongoing protest

Scores of workers had protested, burning trash near EDL’s headquarters in Corniche al-Nahr. The workers are demanding payment of salaries and long-term contracts that would cement their status on the company’s staff. Around 900 contract workers have previously been given long-term contracts with EDL, while some 1,300 others are still working on a day-to-day basis, a security source had told The Daily Star. Long-term contracts include a guarantee of work for an extended period and payment of transport fees, which come to around LL8,000 ($5.30) a day, the source added.

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