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قطع عدد من الاهالي واصحاب المحال التجارية الطريق العام عند مفرق ​بلدة كوشا​، احتجاجا على سوء حال الطرق واعمال الحفريات التي تنفذها احدى الشركات على الطريق العام وترك هذه الحفريات دون تعبيد.

Banchyi’s voice broke as she recounted what is known of the death of Lembibo, a domestic worker from Ethiopia who was discovered drowned inthe swimming pool of her recruiting agent in August.

Banchyi herself emigrated from Ethiopia seven years ago, lured by what she now describes as false promises. She addressed an audience of over 200 activists, members of the Ethiopian, Sri Lankan and Filipino workers communities, as well as Lebanese people, at a recent memorial service for Lembibo at the Resurrection Church in Hazmieh.

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.

Members of Tripoli’s workers union Monday organized a general strike to protest unpaid salaries as well as a lack of clothing allowances and school grants.

The protesters blocked the municipality center’s main entrance, preventing administrative staff from entering the building and citizens from completing transactions on the eve of Eid al-Adha. Tripoli Mayor Ahmad Qamareddine addressed the issue in an interview, citing transaction errors as the cause for the delay in salary and grant payments. He said steps to correct these issues were underway.