Posted By
Najib
Aug 15, 2018 06:05
A lot of children are forced into child labor in Lebanon, and the authorities have made little progress to reduce child abuse. In fact, things have worsened ever since the Syrian crisis began whether thousands of refugees are being forced into the worst forms of child labor. Fatima is a 12 year old girl living in Ouzai and working as a full time mechanic to help out her family. Not only was she too young…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 14, 2018 06:01
We keep seeing viral videos documenting animal abuse in Lebanon but we've never heard of anyone getting arrested for these crimes. BETA took it upon themselves to investigate one of these cases and managed after two years in court to inflict a 10-day prison sentence along with a 20,000LBP fee and a 4,000,000 compensation to the NGO, which constitutes a first in our country. The hearing came out after the dog killer was filmed catching…
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Information
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Information
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Advertising
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