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Lebanon tenants hold protests over rent hikes
Date of incident:
February 1, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
On 01 Feb 17, tenants held a brief demonstration in the Dora area just north of the capital in protest of Parliament's amendment of a controversial rent law that they say will make rent prohibitively expensive.
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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