Collective Action

Extremist sheikh announces hunger strike for general amnesty

A notorious Islamist sheikh incarcerated in Roumieh Prison announced Thursday that he, along with other Islamist prisoners, had begun a hunger strike pending the approval of a general amnesty law.

Date: 
March 8, 2018
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Affected group (inc. NIMBY)
Mode of Action: 
Hunger Strike
Objective: 
Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Injustice/Perceived injustice
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Episodic
State response: 
Bargaining

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Village Name: 
Roumie
Local Name: 
Roumieh
Caza: