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Employee groups demand payment of workers’ salaries

A national federation of labor unions (FENASOL) and representatives from Sultan Center - a large retail company - discussed how the rights of workers can be protected following Sultan Center’s August downsizing announcement. Sultan Center – a Kuwait-based company known in Lebanon for its upscale TSC supermarket chain – has reportedly not paid their employees for several months. After the meeting, the two groups decided to hold a sit-in in front of Sultan Center’s offices.

Palestinian protest calls for asylum outside Lebanon

Dozens of Palestinian youths called for asylum in European countries to escape dire living conditions in Lebanon during a protest near the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, on October 13th.    The Palestinian Youth Organization for Humanitarian Relief in Lebanon organized the protest where demonstrators waved European flags and an enlarged image of a Palestinian identity card issued by the Lebanese authorities, in addition to billboards calling for asylum.   "What do you expect after my five children die because of the daily fighting and instability in the Ain al-Hilweh camp?

Armenians protest Turkish presence at fashion show

About 60 young Armenian protested the presence of Turkish designers at the L.I.P.S Management first “Designers and Brands” show taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Beirut. The group gathered at the entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel around 7:50 p.m., as part of their mobilisation to stop the denial of the Armenian genocide. Protesters flashed their signs chanting in English and Arabic remaining peaceful.

Veterans protest salary scale outside Parliament

Retired military personnel took to the streets to voice their opposition to the “minimal and delayed” raises provided for them by the new salary scale. They are trying to put pressure on the government to make them pay the raise to us directly, without any postponement, and raise it to an amount equal to that of all other public sector employees Protestors were split into two different groups – one protesting near Parliament and the other near the Finance Ministry, preventing employees from entering.

Kiosk Owner protest in el-Mina

قام أصحاب الأكشاك في ​طرابلس​ محلة الميناء على ​قطع طريق​ الكورنيش، احتجاجا على إزالة الأكشاك على الكورنيش.

Sit-in in Zgharta

وطنية - زغرتا - افاد مندوب "الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام" فريد بو فرنسيس ان هيئات المجتمع الأهلي في زغرتا، نفذت اعتصاما امام مبنى ثانوية زغرتا الرسمية، للمطالبة "بترحيل النازحين السوريين الذين يقطنون الاحياء المكتظة، لئلا تتكرر جريمة ريا الشدياق، ولأن أمن اولاد زغرتا فوق كل اعتبار"، حسبما جاء في نص الدعوة.
شارك في الاعتصام شبيبة من بلدة مزيارة مسقط الضحية.

ورفع المعتصمون لافتات كتب فيها "العدالة لريا الشدياق"، " لن يكون الزغرتاوي نازحا في زغرتا" " نعم لترحيل السوريين".

Solidarity protest in el-Qaa

وطنية - الهرمل - أفاد مندوب الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام جمال الساحلي أن أهالي القاع نظموا وقفة تضامنية مع رئيس بلدية القاع الأسبق جورج نصرالله بمشاركة النائب مروان فارس، كاهن الرعية اليان نصرالله، رئيس البلدية بشير مطر وعدد من أعضاء المجلس البلدي والمخاتير وفاعليات البلدة. وكانت مناشدة من اجل "إعادة النظر بالحكم الصادر في حق إيلي جورج نصرالله والذي لم يكن قد بلغ الثامنة عشر في حينها وأطلق النار دفاعا عن النفس وتوقيف الوالد جورج رغم صدور الحكم في حق ولده ايلي". وكانت مطالبة "لعقد مصالحة مع اهل الفقيد ومطالبة للمرجعيات الدينية والأمنية الاجتماعية السعى الجدي لإيجاد حل عادل لهذا الملف".

Lebanon workers step up protests against illegal competition

On 03 Feb 17, in Al Ain – Baalbeck, workers in east Lebanon protested against illegal competition in the country. They demanded that authorities act against the competition imposed by Syrians in the market place.

Citrus farmers dump produce over Syrian imports

Farmers in south Lebanon scattered produce across the Zahrani Highway to protest the lack of supervision of Syrian imports that they say are crippling the sector. Following the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, the country’s produce has flowed into Lebanon as fighting closed borders and countries imposed sanctions. South Lebanon farmers threw large quantities of citrus fruits and a mixture of vegetables onto the area’s main highway to demand action from politicians. Traffic came to a standstill before Internal Security Forces intervened to reopen the road.

Lebanon tenants hold protests over rent hikes

On 01 Feb 17, tenants held a brief demonstration in the Dora area just north of the capital in protest of Parliament's amendment of a controversial rent law that they say will make rent prohibitively expensive.

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