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Conflict Incident Report
March in Beirut
Date of incident:
January 22, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
On 22 Jan 17, hundreds of protesters marched in Beirut to demand reforms to Lebanon’s electoral system, including the adoption of a proportional vote law. Around four hundred protesters affiliated with civil society coalition A Parliament for Everyone gathered in Beirut’s Sanayeh District across from the Interior Ministry, before marching toward Riad al-Solh square near Parliament.
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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