Press Releases

In response to the recent surge in violence in Lebanon, Dorcas Lebanon has swiftly taken action to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to those displaced by the conflict. The team in Beirut has begun distributing essential supplies, including blankets, mattresses, food, and hygiene products, to displaced people. Alongside these immediate provisions, they are also offering mental health and psychosocial support. Many are grappling with feelings of fear, insecurity, and uncertainty.

Following the widescale Israeli bombings of multiple areas in Lebanon on Monday 23 September, we are gradually stepping up our response to the escalating humanitarian needs. MSF teams are providing general healthcare and essential relief items to displaced people. According to the Ministry of Health, 558 people have been killed and 1,835 injured, with thousands more forced to flee their homes to seek refuge elsewhere in the country.

Lebanon is facing yet another nightmare. The recent escalation of attacks from Israel has thrown the country into chaos, with families desperately trying to find safety. Schools have been forced to close, and roads are gridlocked with people fleeing their homes, unsure of where to go next. The coastal road is packed with displaced families—some stopping in Saida, others pushing further north—while uncertainty hangs over everything.

The Erasmus+ project CINEMATOMEDIA: Teaching Democracy through Cinema is excited to announce its launch. This innovative project aims to empower youth organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by harnessing the power of cinema to foster political and democratic engagement among young people.

Today, the General Director of the Cedar Centre for Legal Studies (CCLS) Me Mohamad Sablouh, and the Executive Director of the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) Mr. Fadl Fakih, signed a cooperation agreement

وقع اليوم كل من المدير العام لمركز سيدار للدراسات القانونية المحامي محمد صبلوح والمدير التنفيذي للمركز اللبناني لحقوق الإنسان فضل فقيه إتفاقية تعاون

Abdul Hadi Abdul Bari Al-Othman is a Syrian registered as an asylum-seeker with the UNHCR in Lebanon since 2013. He resides in Koura-Tripoli, Lebanon. In May 2023, he was arrested in Tripoli on charges related to theft. On July 20, 2023, the Indictment Chamber in North Lebanon decided to release him. However, he was transferred to the retention center of the General Security in Beirut, and has been detained since then.

عبد الهادي عبد الباري العثمان سوري مسجل كطالب لجوء لدى مفوضية الأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين في لبنان منذ عام 2013، مقيم في الكورة-في طرابلس، لبنان. في أيار 2023، أعتقل في طرابلس شمالي لبنان بتهمة تتعلق بالسرقة. في 20 تموز 2023، قررت الهيئة الإتهامية في الشمال بالإفراج عنه. لكنه أحيل إلى مركز الإحتجاز في الأمن العام في بيروت، ومنذ ذلك الحين لا يزال معتقلاً.

This open letter has been prepared in a coordinated effort by the below-signed civil society and non-governmental organizations with the aim of calling on UNHCR to increase cooperation and transparency with local organizations to adequately respond to the alarming deportations of Syrian refugees from Lebanon to Syria.

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is pleased to announce the “Wide Awake Art Contest,” an open call to Lebanese and Tunisian artists as well as artists living in Lebanon or Tunisia to explore the theme “the Sound of Dissent.” The contest will showcase works by those who are documenting and memorializing their communities’ stories in times of instability, resistance, and change.

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Who governs the humanitarian sector?  The answer is often some combination of big donors, the UN system, and the largest international nongovernmental aid agencies.  If these are the actors that govern, then who is being governed?  The answer is often affected populations and national and local agencies.  This pyramid – with a few at the top and many at the bottom – has inspired many calls to reform the sector so that...

Known for its unwavering help, Charity Donation always takes the lead aiding needy especially in uncertain times with its ongoing year-long Help Campaigns. This press release compiles all the campaigns and donations done by Charity Donation during the months of July and August.

We are a group of experts coming from diversified academic, professional, and political backgrounds, with longstanding experience in social, economic, and fiscal domains.

عقد المركز الدولي للملكية الفكرية والدراسات الحقوقية فِكر بالتعاون مع مؤسسة المطران ميخائيل الجَميل للحوار والثقافة ورشة عمل ثقافية حقوقية عن بُعد بعنوان " معاً من أجل السلام " بمناسبة اليوم العالمي للسلام

اجتمعت مجموعة من الخبراء في 21 كانون الثاني 2020 لتقييم الأثر الاجتماعي للأزمات الاقتصادية والمالية وقنوات انتقالها، ولتقديم توصيات واسعة النطاق تهدف إلى التخفيف من آثارها المحتملة. وتُعرض مواقف وتوصيات المجموعة في الوثيقة التالية

A group of experts convened on 21 January, 2020, to assess the social impact of the economic and financial crises, as well as their transmission channels, and to provide broad recommendations to mitigate its potential effects. The positions and recommendations of the group are presented in the following document.

"مبادرة حياة" حملة إغاثية أطلقتها دنيا للتنمية المستدامة لدعم الأسر الهشة والأكثر فقراً لمواجهة تحديات الأزمة الاقتصادية ووباء كورونا

إن ثورة الشعب التي نشهدها اليوم في معظم المناطق اللبنانية ما هي إلا نتيجة حتميّة تجاه السلطة السياسية الإقصائية، الفاسدة، غير الخاضعة للمساءلة، المتناحرة، والتابعة لقوى إقليمية ودولية مما أفقدها شرعيتها في تمثيل الشعب اللبناني. إن ثورة الشعب جاءت نتيجة تراكم سياسات اقتصادية واجتماعية غير عادلة وغير تضمينية وغير مستدامة مستخدمة لتسييس الهويّة ولتفكيك التضامن الاجتماعي وتهميش معظم شرائح المجتمع. هذه السياسات القائمة على رأسمالية المحاسيب واقتصاد الريع وإثارة العصبيات والتفريط بالصالح العام يستفيد منها أقليّة من أصحاب النفوذ الذين تتقاطع مصالحهم مع النظام الطائفي. هذا النظام الذي أدّى إلى أزمة...