BEIRUT: The Beirut Bar Association is facing a chorus of criticism over what are seen as attempts to muzzle lawyers. The controversy deepened as Lebanese lawyer and human rights activist Nizar Saghieh appeared before the association’s council on Thursday. Saghieh, who advocates for the independence of the judiciary, was summoned after publicly protesting a decision by the
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BEIRUT: Two attempted bank holdups and a sit-in protest on Wednesday highlighted the growing desperation of Lebanese people grappling with the country’s worsening economic crisis. Bank raids by depositors demanding their money have been relatively infrequent during the past two months, but a string of incidents in recent days has again raised fears of growing unrest. In the