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In Lebanon, the electricity crisis is not just an inconvenience ; it's a matter of life and death for many people living in poverty. With rolling blackouts lasting up to 22 hours a day, families are left without access to power for basic needs like cooking, heating, and refrigeration. According to a recent report by Human Rights Watch, the deepening electricity crisis in Lebanon is exacerbating the country's already dire poverty situation. The report highlights how the lack of reliable electricity is forcing people to rely on expensive generators and fuel, putting an enormous strain on their finances. But the problem goes beyond the cost of electricity. The inability to access reliable power has devastating consequences for healthcare, education, and overall quality of life. Hospitals are forced to operate on backup generators, which are not always reliable, putting patients' lives at risk. Schools are often forced to close early or cancel classes altogether, depriving chil...

    Protesters who flocked to Tehran’s Grand Bazaar area Saturday chanted against poverty, corruption and the ever-increasing cost of living, amid bad economic news. In response to an online call to protest at the Grand Bazaar, crowds formed in the area around noontime despite massive intervention of security forces, both male and female, and plainclothes agents who had stationed themselves in large numbers in various locations to prevent protesters from congregating in any one place. “Poverty, corruption, unaffordable prices, We will go on until toppling [the regime]”, protesters chanted while security forces tried to disperse them violently. Videos posted on social media show protesters and onlookers booing security forces and shouting “Scoundrels, scoundrels” at them. Chanting began as did the firing of tear gas, shooting of plastic bullets, beatings with batons, and many random arrests by security forces when numbers grew big enough around the Grand Bazaar, a maze of corr...