Tripoli families appeal to Ministry of Transport to curb sexual harassment

Al Diyar newspaper announced receiving a number of complaints from families in North Lebanon reporting attempts of abuse of women and girls by taxi drivers on the Tripoli-Halba-Akkar highway. The recurrence of such incidences has prompted a number of families not to ride such vehicles and to circulate descriptions of the accused drivers and owners of such buses as a precautionary measure. The public appeal published in Al Diyar urged the ministry of transport to enforce a number of suggested measures, mainly: organize the transport industry and ban any unregistered vehicles from work; enforce that the driving license and plate number as well as the name and address of the driver is clearly visible inside the van; circulate descriptions of violating drivers so as to boycott them; tighten security services control on infringers and hunt for reckless drivers; organize rehabilitation workshops for private van and public transport drivers, and finally, regulate the situation of bus stops located between Tripoli and Akkar to reduce the number of intruders on the profession. (Al Diyar, February 16 2015)