Girls harassed publicly on pedestrian bridge without any worry!

In a special report today, As Safir shed light on a myriad of harassment incidents against girls and women on the pedestrian bridge near City Mall east of the capital. The newspaper said the bridge has become an overt hub for harassers who ensnare, chase and then verbally or physically pick on passing women. As Safir considered today’s feature as an official notice to the interior ministry, the municipalities and the internal security apparatuses as well as other concerned parties. For more insight on the subject, the newspaper spoke to Cynthia, a girl who unwillingly chose to change her work to avoid this trying daily encounter. Cynthia revealed that she has been subjected to “over 20 instances of harassment over 2 years when she had to take the bridge because, she said, cab drivers usually declined to drop pedestrians on the other side of the highway without a considerable sum of money.” Layal, another victim, shared with As Safir her experience on the infamous bridge. She was harassed on the bridge under the full watch of the City Mall security guards who, she grieved, did not interfere in what she believed is a familiar scene to them. The City Mall bridge is not the only den for harassers in Lebanon, the newspaper concluded, as there are countless unspecified catch points for mentally perverts and criminals that have never been uncovered. (As Safir, December 16, 2016)