Location on the Lebanese territory

Uber drivers strike to protest Uber's fares which they deem too low

Uber drivers will go on strike between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday, September 19, the head of the Uber drivers committee, Darwish Taha, told L'Orient Today on Friday. Taha told L'Orient Today that the strike is meant to protest Uber's fares, which drivers believe are too low considering the constant increases in fuel prices. "If we work with the current fare, we can't fill up gasoline and pay Uber's commission," Taha said.

Families of detainees who were arrested in connection with the Beirut port blast stage a sit-in outside Judge Suhail Abboud's house to demand the appointment of an alternate judge in the blast probe and the release of their relatives

Relatives of detainees in the case of the August 4, 2022, port blast observed Thursday evening a sit-in in front of the home of Judge Souheil Abboud, chairman of the Higher Judicial Council, in Ballouneh, Kesrouan, the state-run National News Agency reported. Protesters demanded a decision made by the Higher Judicial Council to appoint an alternative judge to rule on urgent matters. This appointment is opposed by many relatives of the victims of the explosion.

Activists and family members stage a sit-in outside the Justice Palace in Beirut to demand the release of two activists detained in connection with a bank hostage situation

A number of activists and the families and friends of the detainees protested in front of the Justice Palace in Beirut on Wednesday demanding the detainees’ release, NNA and local media reported. However, the protesters did not disperse after the decision to release Zakaria and Rustom, following the referral of Zakaria to the military court as a result of an arrest warrant reportedly issued against him in absentia.

Protesters stage a sit-in in front of the Kadisha electricity company in Tripoli over power and water cuts

Protesters decried the water shortages in Tripoli by holding a sit-in outside Kadisha electricity company. The city’s hydraulic water pumping stations do not supply water after a fuel shortage forced their shutdown.

Public sector employees protest in Nabatieh and Tripoli to demand salary adjustments

Public sector employees protested on Thursday in the southern city of Nabatieh and in northern Lebanon’s Tripoli, threatening to reactivate an open strike if they do not receive improved wages, according to our correspondent in the south and the state-run National News Agency (NNA). Widespread state paralysis ensued during public sector employees’ open-ended strike which began in June and unofficially ended around late July after the approval of improved insurance coverage for employees and various financial assistance payments.

Relatives of migrants whose boat has been missing for 72 hours block a road in Tripoli to call on Lebanese authorities to take action and to protest poor living conditions, and power and water cuts

A migrant boat that departed Lebanon last week has been missing for 72 hours, according to families of the passengers, who say they lost contact with the boat on Monday. Some of the passengers' family members and other protesters blocked the main road in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood on Thursday to demand the Lebanese state take action. They also protested poor living conditions, as well as the electricity and water cuts that have plagued the city's neighborhoods for more than 20 days.

Protesters block the road around caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's house in Mina over deteriorating socioeconomic living conditions and power cuts

Protesters blocked the road around caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's house in Mina, Tripoli Friday evening, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in the North. Demonstrators blocked the road with burning tires to protest deteriorating living conditions and electricity cuts in the region, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.

Stateless individuals roadblock in Wadi Khaled to demand the Lebanese citizenship

Stateless individuals blocked a main road in Wadi Khaled, demanding that they be granted Lebanese citizenship, according to our correspondent in the region. The protesters stressed that Lebanese nationality is "a right that should be granted to them, similar to their brothers, cousins ​​and relatives who benefited from it via a decree issued in 1994 by the Lebanese authorities." The protesters added that despite repeated requests, they are still unregistered and have not yet been granted Lebanese nationality.

Protesters block the Beddawi highway over deteriorating socioeconomic living conditions and water shortages

Demonstrators blocked the Beddawi highway in North Lebanon on Monday morning to protest deteriorating living conditions and water shortages in the area, the state-run National News Agency reported.

وطنية - البداوي - عمد عدد من الاهالي على قطع الطريق الدولي في البداوي بالعوائق وحاويات النفابات احتجاجاً على تردي الاوضاع المعيشية وانقطاع المياه منذ اسابيع عن المنطقة. وتسبب قطع الطريق بازدحام خانق في المنطقة وعلى الطرقات الفرعية التي جرى تحويل السير اليها.

Protesters stage a sit-in and roadblock at the Justice Palace in Beirut to demand the release of two activists detained in connection with a bank hostage situation

The Lebanese Army arrested protesters after tensions escalated at a demonstration outside the Justice Palace Monday evening. Protesters were calling for the release of two activists who were arrested for their participation in last Wednesday’s Blom Bank holdup. Protesters blocked a road near the Justice Palace in Beirut, decrying the arrest of Abdel Rahman Zakaria and Mohammad Rustom, who aided Sali Hafez as she held up a Blom Bank in Beirut’s Sodeco neighborhood. 

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