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Beirut residents protested against increased power cuts
Date of incident:
July 30, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Beirut residents protested against the increasing number of power cuts in some districts of the city. A number of neighborhoods in and around Ras Beirut have since June seen the length of their electricity cuts increased due to technical failures.
“Beirut has been suffering from power outages that last for 11 hours a day in some of the quarters of the capital,” read a statement circulated amongst the demonstrators, who gathered in front of Electricite du Liban in Beirut's Mar Mikhael.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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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