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Medrar Foundation organized an awareness session titled “Parenting in Times of Challenges: Balancing Firmness and Emotional Support” at the Al-Masaken Al-Shaabiyya in Tyre. The session brought together local women for an engaging discussion led by Mrs. Batoul Moussa, with the participation of psychotherapist Mrs. Layla Reda Safieddine, founder of Layla Center. Participants received symbolic gifts as a gesture of appreciation.

Mental Health Matters – Awareness Program by Medrar Foundation and LAU Civic Engagement Students In partnership with the Lebanese American University (LAU) Civic Engagement Students, Medrar Foundation launched a community initiative titled “Mental Health Matters.” The program aimed to break the stigma surrounding mental health in Lebanon and to equip individuals—especially youth and parents—with practical coping tools to manage stress, anxiety, and emotional distress during economic and social hardships.

In collaboration with the Lebanese American University’s Civic Engagement students, Medrar Foundation launched an awareness program titled “Health on a Budget”, aimed at educating communities on how to maintain and improve their health through affordable and practical approaches.

ع.ش، ضابط سوري منشق. وكان يخدم في قوات المخابرات السورية قبل ذهابه إلى لبنان عام 2014.

وبعد سنوات، سجل لدى المفوضية السامية للأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين كطالب لجوء. وفي عام 2021 تزوج من سيدة لبنانية.

وفي 25 أيلول 2023، زار فرع الأمن العام في دير عمار شمال لبنان لتجديد إقامته. تم اعتقاله ثم إرساله إلى سراي طرابلس ومن ثم إلى المديرية العامة للأمن العام في بيروت.

وعندما حاول محامي عائلته الاستفسار عن قضيته رفض معلومات الأمن العام الكشف عن أي معلومات عن سبب اعتقاله.

في 10 تشرين الأول 2023، زارته عائلته ولكن عندما غادروا اتصل بعائلته وأخبرهم أن اسمه مدرج على قائمة المبعدين قسراً.

وبناء على هذه المعلومات...

A.S, is a Syrian defected officer. He was serving with Syrian Intelligence forces before he fled to Lebanon in 2014.

Years later, he registered with UNHCR as asylum seeker. In 2021, he married from a Lebanese lady.

On 25 September 2023, he visited the General Security Branch in Deir Ammar, north of Lebanon in order to renew his residency. He was arrested and then sent to Serail Tripoli (Court) and then to the General Directorate of General Security in Beirut.

When his family's lawyer tried to inquire about his case the Information department of the General Security rejected to disclose any...

خلفية

قضية م.ع

م.ع هو مواطن سوري الجنسية، طالب لجوء. في 22 أيلول 2023، اعتقله عناصر من جهاز أمن الدولة اللبنانية من منزله في مخيم الرحمة في البقاع شرق لبنان. واتهم بمخالفة قواعد الإقامة في لبنان.

بتاريخ 3 تشرين الأول 2023، صدر حكم عن محكمة جنايات زحلة بتغريمه عشرين مليون ليرة لبنانية بالإضافة إلى ترحيله إلى سوريا. بتاريخ 6 تشرين الأول 2023، نُقل إلى الأمن العام في زحلة.

ويخشى أن يتم ترحيله إلى سوريا حيث قد يتم القبض عليه تعسفياً ويتعرض للتعذيب.

قضية ع.أ

ع.أ هو مواطن سوري دخل لبنان عام 2011، هرب من سوريا خوفاً من الاعتقال من قبل السلطات السورية حيث تم اعتقال والده وشقيقه منذ ذلك الحين. توفي والده في...

Background

The case of M.A

M. A, is a Syrian seeker asylum. On 22 September 2023, he was arrested by the Lebanese State Security Forces from his home in Al Rahma Camp in Bekaa, east of Lebanon. He was accused of violating the rules of residency in Lebanon.

On 3 October 2023, a sentence was issued by the Criminal Court of Zahle which fined him with twenty millions of Lebanese Lira in addition to deportation to Syria. On 6 October 2023, he was transferred to General Security in Zahle.

He fears to be deported to Syria where he might be arrested arbitrarily and subjected to torture.

The case of A.A

A.A...

On 26 December 2022, Cedar Centre joined several local and international civil society organisations in seizing the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) and relevant UN Special Procedure mandate holders with a call for urgent action concerning the situation in Roumieh prison and other Lebanese detention centres

عمِلَت وزارة العمل بشكل غير علني وبالتعاون مع أصحاب مكاتب استقدام العاملات في الخدمة المنزلية على مسودّة عقد العمل الموحَّد الخاص بتنظيم العمل المنزلي للعاملات المهاجرات في لبنان، مستبعدين من النقاشات العاملات والجمعيات المختصّة المعنية. بعد الاطّلاع على المسودة، نعتبر أنّ هذه الخطوة هي سقطة موصوفة، تنتهك حقوق الإنسان البديهية لصالح حفنة من أصحاب المصالح المادية و”التجّار“ المتمثّلين بمكاتب استقدام العاملات المهاجرات إلى لبنان.

The World Bank Group has partnered with Berytech and the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) to provide capacity building in times of crisis for women who want to grow their businesses and enhance their business model, marketing, financing, and networking opportunities, as well as learn how to be resilient in the face of crisis.

Meseret, Ethiopian migrant domestic worker in Lebanon

Thursday 8th October, Beirut International human rights NGO Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) has launched a ground-breaking slavery case in Lebanon. LAW represents Meseret, a 38-year-old migrant domestic worker who was kept as a slave in a Beirut apartment for seven years until 2019. She was locked inside the home without payment and subject to serious abuse and neglect. “Whenever I asked about my salary, my employer beat me,” Meseret says, now from her home in Ethiopia. Today, LAW has filed a case on her behalf in the Lebanese Criminal Court...

Basing on the ongoing economic crisis and Corona virus lockdown, Charity Donation teams have come up with an economic packaging for the Love Bites project in order to sustain the employed ladies.
The chips packaging is a cheaper version of the Love Bites available now in supermarkets all over Zahle area.
The distribution in central Beirut will take place in the upcoming weeks.
Zomato delivery is available in Zahle.
Make sure to buy your bags knowing that you will enjoy a healthy delicious treat while helping elderly ladies sustain a monthly income especially in these hard time.

As a sign of gratitude of their hard work in fighting the Corona Virus , Charity Donation distributed Love Bites Products on Nurses in the National Nurses Day.