Conflict Incident Report

Batroun Highway blocked

Associated Timeline/Case:

Waste Management Conflict (Starting January 25, 2014)

Date of incident:

August 23, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

On 23 Aug 15, protestors blocked the Batroun Highway with burning tires (In both directions) in solidarity with the demonstration in Downtown - Beirut.

Source Link:

http://www.elnashra.com/news/show/903447/%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF…

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.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

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Batroun Highway blocked