Collective Action
Disabled persons protest for accessibility, inclusion
A number of people with disabilities held a protest in Beirut to call for greater inclusion in Lebanese society, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The demonstrators staged a sit-in on Corniche al-Nahr to express their right to be fully integrated into society and to denounce the country’s lack of wheelchair-accessible public spaces.
The protesters called on President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri, asking the country’s political leadership to consider the rights of those living with disabilities.
Date:
January 7, 2018
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Affected group (inc. NIMBY)
Mode of Action:
Sit-in
Objective:
Reform (advocating for limited change in political, socio-economic etc.)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Access to socio-eco rights
Spatial characteristics:
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency:
One off
State response:
N/A