As the economic crisis worsens, Lebanon stands to lose essential services like internet and electricity. The dollar liquidity crisis has...
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Reports suggest that 50 protesters were detained.
Protesters over the past 24 hours have targeted branches of state-run Electricité du Liban and power infrastructures in northern Lebanon amid widespread blackouts across the country exceeding 16 hours a day due to rationing. A source at EDL told Beirut Today that the increased outages were primarily due to a...
Nidal Ayoub was interrogated by the Cybercrimes Bureau Tuesday on charges including insulting the president and “undermining the prestige of the state.”
Protesters in Lebanon rung in the new year by pressuring different public institutions they see as corrupt and inefficient.
Protesters are fighting back against the collusion of Central Bank and the Lebanese authorities with bankers at the expense of the majority of the population.
On the symbol of resistance and globalization attempts
For the fourth episode of Beirut Talks, lawyer, human rights researcher, activist, and co-founder of Beirut Madinati Nayla Geagea breaks...
BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday postponed the parliamentary consultations to select a new prime minister following a weekend marred with violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Beirut. Sunday’s protests came hours before Aoun was due to meet with representatives of parliamentary blocs to select a new...
BEIRUT: Rights groups Wednesday condemned an overnight attack by security forces on a convoy of protesters near the home of...
Through independent initiatives, Lebanese citizens have taken it upon themselves to provide the basic needs that many in the country...
Revolutions are hardly ever associated with non-violence, especially when they intend to overthrow an authoritarian system. The forces in power will often use violence, through law enforcement or politically-affiliated thugs to suppress the voice of protesters. Reciprocation can lead to loss of life, and can sometimes escalate into civil war....