Collective Action

Protesters block the road around caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's house in Mina over deteriorating socioeconomic living conditions and power cuts

Protesters blocked the road around caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's house in Mina, Tripoli Friday evening, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in the North. Demonstrators blocked the road with burning tires to protest deteriorating living conditions and electricity cuts in the region, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.

وطنية - طرابلس - نفذ ناشطون في الحراك الشعبي اعتصاما امام دارة رئيس الحكومة نجيب ميقاتي في الميناء - طرابلس، احتجاجا على تردي الاوضاع الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والحياتية وتفلت سعر صرف الدولار. وعمد المشاركون الى اقفال الطريق الرئيس المحاذي  لدارة الرئيس ميقاتي بالاطارات المشتعلة، مرددين  الهتافات".

Date: 
September 16, 2022
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Collective / informal group
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Road blockade
Tire burning
Objective: 
Reform (advocating for limited change in political, socio-economic etc.)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Episodic
State response: 
N/A

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Village Name: 
El Mina
Local Name: 
Al-Mina No3
Caza: