Collective Action

Public transportation drivers block roads in Beirut to protest against increase in gasoline price

وطنية - افاد مندوب "الوكالة الوطنية للاعلام" بان عددا من السائقين العموميين قطعوا بسياراتهم طريق الصيفي لبعض الوقت، احتجاجا على الارتفاع الكبير بسعر صفيحة البنزين ثم توجهوا بعد ذلك نحو الرينغ حيث قطعوا الطريق هناك.

After blocking the road in front of the Energy Ministry headquarters in Beirut earlier today, a group of bus and taxi drivers blocked the road in Saifi and then moved to Ring Bridge in Beirut to protest the recent drastic increase in fuel prices, the NNA reports

Date: 
October 21, 2021
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Workers group (inc.union, syndicate, etc.)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Road blockade
Objective: 
Demands for rights/services
Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ 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: 
Qobaiyat
Local Name: 
Remeil
Caza: 

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Village Name: 
Saife
Local Name: 
Saifeh
Caza: 

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Village Name: 
Mar Maroun
Local Name: 
Saifeh
Caza: