Rawan Al-Amin This report reveals legal and environmental violations at a sorting plant in Saida, southern Lebanon, which have exacerbated the city’s waste crisis. The report also documents the plant operator’s failure to respond to numerous “official” requests to regulate and improve its operations in accordance with environmental and legal standards. The scene of Saida […]
Hanan Al-Asfour The investigation reveals the impact of marine landfill projects in Bahrain on sea water quality and marine life, which has negatively impacted the livelihoods of fishermen. It also examines the effectiveness of environmental impact assessment reports on these projects. With the dawn of each new day, Bahraini fisherman Mohammed Al-Maqshaei sets out to […]
In conjunction with the fuel crisis in Lebanon, illegal logging operations were active, beginning in 2019, which led to a decline in tree cover in the forests, especially in the northern regions of Lebanon, in the absence of any official controls. “From mortal to owner to grim reaper,” is how Lebanese Bassem Yassin describes his […]
In this report, we monitored through open sources data, the erosion of green vegetation and the cutting down of trees, as a result of the accelerated pace of settlement expansion in seven settlements and an industrial zone in the occupied West Bank. Jabal Abu Ghneim, between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, was once green, but now, it […]
Palestinians in the West Bank face significant challenges when trying to install solar energy systems to reduce their electricity costs and use clean and renewable energy, due to obstacles put in place by the local electricity providers. Mujahid Hamayel, from the town of Beita in Nablus in the northern West Bank, decided to install solar […]
Israeli Phosphorus Bombing Destroys Farmland Nourhanne Sharaf Eddiene The report documents Israel’s use of “white phosphorus bombs” in its war against Lebanon since the events of October 7, 2023; which led to the destruction of agricultural crops and caused health damage to civilians. Since the onset of the October 7, 2023 war, Israel has been […]
The vehicle tracking system is failing to control wasteful government spending on fuel. Ibaa al-QaisiThis data-supported investigation documents violations in the use of government vehicles outside official working hours for personal ends, coinciding with increased fuel bills for the running of these vehicles. The report reveals that the government vehicle tracking system has failed to […]
Muhammad Al-Bashir The report documents irregularities in the disbursement of a renewable energy grant provided by the European Union to Jordan in 2017, which has prevented farmers in the Southern Jordan Valley from obtaining solar energy systems to help in irrigating their crops. In 2017, the European Union (EU) gave Jordan a grant of 4.46 million Jordanian […]
Firas Taweel and Mahmoud Elsobky The report highlights the continuing state of chaos in the pesticide market in the West Bank, accompanied by a lack of oversight and lax licensing of pesticides which are banned for use in European countries. The ARIJ Investigation reveals continued disarray in pesticide markets across the West Bank and the […]
People with mental illness in Morocco are caught between a shortage in pharmacies of the medicines they need, the high price of these drugs, and the fact that the law bans their import. This investigation shows that there is a severe shortage in Moroccan pharmacies, of medicines essential for the treatment of patients with mental […]
