Tag: Lebanon

(Lebanon) Lebanon: Sexual Harassment Law Missing Key Protections (HRW)

Lebanon’s new sexual harassment law falls short of international standards by addressing sexual harassment solely as a crime and neglecting prevention, labor law reforms, monitoring,...
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(Iran/Hezbollah/Israel/Lebanon) Hezbollah’s Advanced Missile Targets Israeli Drone as Israel Rethinks Purpose of Future War (BESA Center)

Yaakov Lappin Hezbollah’s firing of an advanced surface-to-air missile at an Israeli intelligence-gathering drone over Lebanon on February 3 is an acute reminder of the high-stakes cat-and-mouse...
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(Lebanon/Device Seizures) Device Seizures in Lebanon: Assessing the Legal Framework concerning device seizures (SMEX)

We have witnessed in the last couple of years a striking increase in the number of devices seized by security agencies in Lebanon, a...
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(Lebanon) Lebanon central bank governor summoned for questioning by judge (Al Jazeera)

David Enders https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/8/lebanon-central-bank-governor-summoned-for-questioning-by-judge
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(Lebanon/Luqman Slim) Silencing No Lamb (Carnegie Middle East Center)

MAHA YAHYA https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/83815
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(Lebanon) Lokman Slim and the anatomy of assassinations in Lebanon (Al Arabiya)

Nadim Shehadi https://englishbeta.alarabiya.net/views/news/middle-east/2021/02/05/Lokman-Slim-and-the-anatomy-of-Hezbollah-s-brutal-history-of-assassination
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(Lebanon) Six months after the Beirut port explosion: reflections from a first responder (WEF)

Georges Kettaneh, Secretary-General, Lebanese Red Cross https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/beirut-port-explosion-response-lebanese-red-cross/
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(Lebanon) Has Lebanon Reached the Abyss? (JCPA)

Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah https://jcpa.org/has-lebanon-reached-the-abyss/
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(Syrian Refugees/Lebanon) Plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon must not be ignored (Refik Hodzic, Al Jazeera)

The COVID-19 pandemic made an already dire situation worse for more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees currently residing in Lebanon. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/26/plight-of-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon-must-not-be-ignored
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(Israel/Lebanon) What Can Israel Learn from the Descent of Lebanon? (Mordechai Kedar, BESA Center)

Lebanon was founded to serve as a home for Christians and other minority groups in the region. Over the years, however, it gave up...
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(Lebanon/Israel) In Lebanon, Israeli warplanes terrify a traumatised population (Anchal Vohra, Al Jazeera)

Violation of Lebanese airspace by low-flying Israeli jets brings back memories of the deadly explosion at Beirut’s port. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/23/in-lebanon-israeli-warplanes-terrify-a-traumatised-population
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(Lebanon) Lebanon central bank chief says he’ll comply with Swiss probe (Timour Azhari, Al Jazeera)

Riad Salameh, Lebanon’s embattled central bank chief, said he would face questioning in Switzerland as part of a Swiss money-laundering probe, a source tells...
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(Lebanon) Lebanon extends lockdown until February 8 as COVID deaths soar (Timour Azhari, Al Jazeera)

Meanwhile, a top health official has announced plans for a roll-out of vaccinations in the crisis-hit country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/lebanon-extends-total-lockdown-till-feb-8-as-covid-deaths-soar
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(Lebanon) Covid-19: The two weeks that led to Lebanon’s virus disaster (Middle East Eye)

By Adam Chamseddine A series of decisions taken by the Lebanese government are being blamed for the soaring rate of infections https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/covid-lebanon-disaster-government-two-weeks
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(Lebanon) Appeals phase begins in Hariri case at international tribunal (The New Arab)

An international tribunal charged with investigating the 2005 murder of Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri announced Wednesday the start of the appeals phase in the case...
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(Lebanon/World Bank) World Bank approves $246-million emergency aid package for vulnerable Lebanese (The New Arab)

The World Bank Group on Tuesday approved a $246-million aid package to help 786,000 vulnerable Lebanese reeling under the country's worst economic crisis in decades and...
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