On 22 Aug 15, police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of anti-garbage demonstrators in downtown Beirut's Riad al-Solh square and to stop them from moving towards the nearby Nejmeh Square. The protesters said, however, they were adamant to stay in Riad al-Solh Square and urged all the Lebanese people to join them. The demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans to pressure the authorities to resolve the country's growing waste crisis. The protesters were seeking to march towards the parliament in Nejmeh Square but security forces had put barricades to prevent them from reaching the legislature.
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