Collective Action

Families of the Beirut blast victims hold monthly vigil near port

BEIRUT — Twenty-seven months after the Aug. 4, 2020, deadly Beirut blast, a small group of families of the victims gathered in two separate groups outside the port on Friday for the monthly vigil marking the catastrophe that took the lives of more than 200 people. The explosion injured an additional 6,500 people and ravaged entire neighborhoods. Families of the victims repetitively demand...

Date: 
November 4, 2022
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Affected group (inc. NIMBY)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Sit-in
Objective: 
Support of a cause
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Injustice/Perceived injustice
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Episodic
State response: 
N/A

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Village Name: 
Marfaa
Local Name: 
Port
Caza: