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North Lebanon residents protest landfill
Associated Timeline/Case:
Waste Management Conflict (Starting January 25, 2014)
Date of incident:
July 20, 2016
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
On 20 July 16, residents of the district of Minyeh staged a protest against environmental pollution in their towns that they attribute to a nearby landfill and blocked the road leading to the landfill, citing health hazards.
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.
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