Collective Action

Depositors demonstrate in downtown Beirut against the draft capital control law

Angry depositors gathered in Downtown Beirut near Parliament to demonstrate against the draft capital control law. Protestors prevented some MPs from attending a joint parliamentary committee session of the Finance and Budget Committee and the Administration and Justice Committee, which was scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. 

Date: 
April 19, 2022
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Affected group (inc. NIMBY)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Demonstration
Objective: 
Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Episodic
State response: 
N/A

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Village Name: 
Grand Serail
Local Name: 
Zoukak el-Blatt
Caza: