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Tenants square off against new rent law
Date of incident:
April 29, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Tenants rallied again in Beirut's Ashrafieh against a new rent law that went into effect recently.
Protesters urged officials to reconsider the new law that allows landlords to incrementally increase rents for longtime tenants, which they argue will lead to evictions.
Protesters held banners that blast the new rent law.
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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