RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read Activists assaulted in downtown Beirut for baking MPs a cakebyHabib BattahNov 5, 2015 Activists have just been assaulted by Lebanese security forces after they say they had baked a cake to…
RRule of Law Read More 4 minute read How did Minister Bassil acquire $22M of real estate?byHabib BattahNov 3, 2015 Lebanese broadcaster LBC has just released a fascinating report detailing the curious and multi-million dollar real estate holdings…
CCrime Read More 5 minute read When a state fears protests, not militiasbyHabib BattahOct 20, 2015 The passing away of Zahle MP Elias Skaff last week after a “long (unspecified) illness” has opened an…
CCrime Read More 3 minute read Poverty and abuse in the BekaabyHabib BattahOct 8, 2015 Once again, winter is approaching and Lebanon not only faces the environmental disaster of garbage soaking into the…
CCrime Read More 9 minute read Who has been attacking protestors in Beirut?byHabib BattahSep 28, 2015 “Listen you f**ks,” the man wearing military style pants and boots yelled at dozens of young male and…
EEnvironment & Public Space Read More 2 minute read A new era of boldness?byHabib BattahSep 3, 2015 These last few weeks have seen a lot of unprecedented moments in Lebanon. We saw huge protests in…
PPublic Services Read More 2 minute read Protestors embrace security forces after tense standoffbyHabib BattahAug 28, 2015 In contrast to the street violence earlier this week and harsh crackdown on young protestors, it was all…
RRule of Law Read More 3 minute read Private security confront police at Zaitunay BaybyHabib BattahJul 25, 2015 Watch this private security man get right in the face of uniformed police officers. According to Al Jadeed,…
CCrime Read More 5 minute read Should elites be held responsible for their bodyguards?byHabib BattahJul 17, 2015 The Daily Star reported today that a bodyguard associated with prominent banker Antoun Sehnaoui stabbed a man to…
RRule of Law Read More 5 minute read Faces of Aoun: adventures in postwar LebanonbyHabib BattahJul 10, 2015 On the surface, it felt like so many rallies I have covered in Lebanon. Young people, hungry for…