BEIRUT: A section of Lebanon’s criminal code that criminalizes “inciting sectarian tensions” has been used in the past to prosecute activists and artists....
DEIR AL-QAMAR, Lebanon: Ziad al-Maamari grew up helping his father build a castle. In the beginning, the “castle” was a one-story stone building...
BEIRUT: A human rights group alleges that it has documented cases of refugees who were jailed and tortured after being deported from Lebanon and handed over...
BEIRUT: The question of Palestinian refugees’ rights in Lebanon had been largely pushed to the back burner in the years since the beginning of the...
BEIRUT: Some Syrian students who took and passed the Brevet and Baccalaureate exams this year have been barred from collecting their certificates because they...
QSARNABA, Lebanon: Rawda got married when she was a 15-year-old in Homs, years before the Syrian civil war. It was an arranged marriage, and she barely knew...
BEIRUT: Public spaces are important in Swiss culture but scarce in Beirut. So, when it came time to pick a venue for this year’s Swiss National Day...
BEIRUT: Parliament has committed to take up a full package of women’s rights-related law proposals, including some that have so far stalled, in a...
BEIRUT: Parliament has committed to take up a comprehensive package of women's rights-related law proposals for discussion at a special session scheduled...
BEIRUT: Labor Minister Camille Abousleiman met Monday with a group of human rights organizations to discuss reform proposals to Lebanon’s legal...
BEIRUT: Childhood friends Marie Sarkis and Vera Mawad moved from their hometown of Zgharta in northern Lebanon to Beirut for university and found work in...
CHAMBOUQ, Lebanon: The winding road leading into the mountains in Chambouq, above the village of Qobeiyat on the far edge of Akkar overlooking the Syrian...
BEIRUT: Some civil society groups have raised concerns that the recent crackdown on foreign workers in Lebanon is being used as an excuse to scrutinize the...
BAABDA, Lebanon: The head of the National Commission for Lebanese Women has expressed frustration about barriers to proposed nationality law reforms and to...
BEIRUT: Like many Syrians living in Lebanon, Diana Hamdoun dreams of emigrating to Canada. For the past three years, the 24-year-old Lebanese International...
BEIRUT: Lebanese citizens, refugees and stateless people all encounter bureaucratic and cost issues in accessing hospital care in Lebanon. But Syrians and...
BEIRUT: When Abdallah Salam and Marie-Joe Abi-Nassif exchanged wedding vows on June 15 in the garden of the Sursock Palace, their union caused a stir. Salam,...
BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers have passed an expedited draft law exempting children of Lebanese mothers who have “courtesy” residency from having to...
BEIRUT: Lebanese officials including the labor minister have pledged action to prevent the widespread use of child labor in the agricultural sector following...
BEIRUT: Among the changes that have been implemented at Beirut’s airport in hopes of reducing congestion ahead of the summer tourist season, one was...
BEIRUT: A group of activists campaigning for reforms to Lebanon’s nationality law, who have rejected a recent pitch from the National Commission for...
BEIRUT: A group of activists campaigning for reforms to Lebanon’s nationality law, who have rejected a recent proposal from the National Commission for...
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: An EU delegation’s tour of Tripoli Wednesday signaled confidence in the city’s security, officials said, after a terrorist...
BURJ HAMMOUD, Lebanon: Salpy Dekermendjian was a 21-year-old English literature student at the Lebanese University when she was diagnosed with multiple...
BEIRUT: When Houda Pharaoun was sent a video in January of an 8-year-old Syrian girl in Arsal named Ruqayya, becoming a benefactor for a refugee family was...