Lebanese anti-government protesters chant slogans as they hold their national flag outside the Environment Ministry, in support of activists staging a sit-in inside, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Lebanese security forces dragged a number of activists out of the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut, where they were staging an hours-long sit-in on Tuesday demanding the minister's resignation over a trash crisis that has ignited mass protests. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese red cross volunteers treat an injured woman during clashes between protesters and Lebanese riot policemen outside the Environment Ministry, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Lebanese security forces dragged a number of activists out of the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut, where they were staging an hours-long sit-in on Tuesday demanding the minister's resignation over a trash crisis that has ignited mass protests. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese anti-government protesters clash with riot policemen outside the Environment Ministry in support of activists staging a sit-in inside, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Lebanese security forces dragged a number of activists out of the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut, where they were staging an hours-long sit-in on Tuesday demanding the minister's resignation over a trash crisis that has ignited mass protests. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

A Lebanese policeman, center, walks between anti-government activists sitting cross-legged on the floor, during a protest against the minister Mohammed Machnouk inside the Environment Ministry, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Lebanese protesters broke into the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the minister over the country's snowballing trash crisis. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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A Lebanese policeman, right, tries to drags away an anti-government activist during a sit-in protest against Environment Minister Mohammed Machnouk, inside the Environment Ministry, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept.1, 2015. Lebanese protesters broke into the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the minister over the country’s snowballing trash crisis. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A Lebanese policeman, right, tries to drags away an anti-government activist during a sit-in protest against Environment Minister Mohammed Machnouk, inside the Environment Ministry, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept.1, 2015. Lebanese protesters broke into the Environment Ministry in downtown Beirut Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the minister over the country’s snowballing trash crisis. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

 #‎khazen‬ - What is Next we should focus on electing a Lebanese President? Keep lebanon safe & we need to vote for a ‪#‎LebanesePresident‬ first - Pray for Lebanon!! ‪#‎Lebanon‬

Daily Star:Riot police cleared You Stink campaign protesters Tuesday from the Environment Ministry in Downtown Beirut, hours after activists began a sit-in calling for the minister's resignation over the protracted trash crisis. Gen. Mohammad Ayyoubi asked all media to leave the building as riot police prepared to clear the floor where protesters continued their sit-in.
 One hour later, police were seen carrying protesters out of the building, some of them with bruise marks and others handcuffed, witnesses said. LBC TV host Joe Maalouf, who was present when riot police began clearing the floor, said that protesters and media members were beaten and dragged from the building. An activist, who preferred to remain anonymous, said 14 protesters were still inside the Environment Ministry. All protesters were removed from the building by 9:30 p.m. Activist Mohammad Najem, who was among the last group of protesters to leave the building, underlined that they were not forced to remain inside by security forces. At least one thousand protesters, flanked by riot police, remain camped out at various entrances to the complex, chanting for the resignation of the environment minister. Two hours into the sit-in, the protesters inside the Environment Ministry appeared to be suffering from the heat after employees turned off the air conditioning and electricity, one of the activists announced on Facebook.

BBC news, Activists in Lebanon have occupied the environment ministry, in the latest "You Stink" protest over rotting rubbish in the capital, Beirut.

A video posted on social media showed rows of people sitting on the floor and demanding the resignation of Environment Minister Mohammed Machnouk.

It follows weeks of protests over the government's failure to remove growing piles of waste on the streets.

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament speaker on Sunday promised high-level talks to try to find a way out of long-running political gridlock that sparked large anti-government protests, including this weekend.

Speaker Nabih Berri told supporters that change should come from within the system, rebuffing calls by protesters for the resignation of the Cabinet or individual ministers.

by Laura Kasinof 

http://magazine.good.is/features/lebanon-kafala-domestic-workers-union

As of 2010, there were at least 250,000 foreign domestic workers in Lebanon and an estimated 2.1 million domestic workers in all the Middle East—though that approximation may only be half the actual amount, as many aren’t documented. Many of these women work a reasonable number of hours, generate an income that wouldn't have been possible in their own country, send that money back home to families, and create a home for themselves in their adopted country, as Birtukan has done. The housework and child care they take on allows local women leisure time and to pursue professional careers more freely.

Khazen.org supports  our Cardinal PatriachMar Bechara Rai and the immediate election of a President to Lebanon before anything else. This in return will guarantee a new government with new polcies.

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Commenting on the garbage crisis and yesterday’s ‘You Stink’ group  protest in downtown Beirut , Maronite  Patriarch Beshara al-Rai said on Sunday during the Sunday mass in Diman :”The tragic situation we are in is the result of consumerist materialism and politics at the expense of the rise of the state, NNA reported.

“These are the personal goals, materials and policies that have blocked the election of a president for a year and five months, and thereafter, the work of Parliament and threaten to block the government. These were also behind the crimes, security chaos, corruption and misappropriation of public funds. This has led to depriving citizens of their most basic rights,” he  added.