Collective Action

Families of Beirut blast victims stage their monthly sit-in in front of the Statue Of The Immigrant in the Port to demand justice and launch a campaign in defense of the grain silos

Families of the victims of the Aug. 4 explosion commemorated 23 months since the explosion, on Monday, during a sit-in in defense of the grain silos, which the authorities are accused of “seeking to erase the traces of the crime.”

Date: 
July 4, 2022
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Clan member
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Sit-in
Objective: 
Demands for rights/services
Support of a cause
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Injustice/Perceived injustice
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
Episodic
State response: 
N/A

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Village Name: 
Port
Local Name: 
Port
Caza: