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Families of Hostages Block Raouche Road, Call for 'Mercy'

Date of incident: 
October 6, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

The relatives of the servicemen taken hostage by the Islamic State extremist group and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front blocked the road in Beirut's Raouche area on Tuesday to protest the authorities' failure to release their loved ones.
“Our moves are escalatory and we don't mind heading to any location to put the spotlight on the file,” said one of the protesters.
They spray-painted the road, asking for the return of the captives.
“Have mercy on us,” one woman shouted. “The state should feel our pain.”
“It's been four to five months that no official has met us,” said another protester. “Let Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim hold talks with us.”
Ibrahim, who heads the General Security Department, is Lebanon's official negotiator. But his efforts, in addition to a Qatari mediation, have not yet yielded results.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/191393-families-of-hostages-block-rao...

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
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