facility:lebanese university

#STL appoints lawyer to defend #al-Akhbar, Ibrahim al-Amin
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/stl-appoints-lawyer-defend-al-akhbar-ibrahim-al-amin

The defense office for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has named a lawyer to defend Al-Akhbar and its editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin who have been charged with obstruction of justice and contempt. Antonios Abou Kasm, a professor of international law at Lebanese University, has been appointed to defend the paper and Amin in a case related to the publication of a secret witness list in January 2013. read more

#Al-Jadeed

#Lebanese_University #lecturers to protest Thursday for contracts
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanese-university-lecturers-protest-thursday-contracts

Lebanese University (LU) lecturers renewed calls Wednesday for full-time contracts and the appointment of new deans to the state-run university in a statement carried by the National News Agency. The striking faculty members also announced a protest outside the Grand Serail — the prime minister’s headquarters — to urge the government to respond to their demands. read more

#Beirut #Lebanon

#Lebanese_University lecturers renew calls for contracts
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanese-university-lecturers-renew-calls-contracts

Holding up banners that condemned politicians’ “disregard” and “neglect,” striking Lebanese University (LU) faculty and their student supporters gathered Wednesday morning outside the Dean’s office near the capital to demand full-time contracts. In a statement carried by the National News Agency, a committee of faculty members urged lawmakers to return to Parliament and end the political stalemate which has stalled legislation to provide the lecturers with “occupational stability.” read more

#strike

#Ashura Rituals and #amal Oaths on #Lebanese_University Campus
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/ashura-rituals-and-amal-oaths-lebanese-university-campus

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The circular has not been enforced. At the Faculty of Information, the place is wrapped in black for Ashura, while slogans for the religious occasion are everywhere and recordings mourning Hussein can be heard in every corner. (Photo: Archive - Alia Haju) The circular has not been enforced. At the Faculty of Information, the place is wrapped in black for Ashura, while slogans for the religious occasion are everywhere and recordings mourning Hussein can (...)

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