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Conflict Incident Report
Campaign 40 gets underway
Date of incident:
April 10, 2015
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
NNA - Upon the initiative of the Committee of the Families of the Missing and the abducted, "Commemorative Campaign 40" has been launched at Tayyouneh Circle with a number of NGO representatives and community activists partaking.
Speaking in the name of the families of the missing, Widad Halawani demanded during a press conference full government recognition of the abducted and the Missing reiterating that a law to this effect must be abruptly drafted. Halawani drew attention to thousands of Syrians and Iraqis who suffer now the same fate visited on their Lebanese brethren 40 years ago.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/42806/Campaign-40-gets-underway
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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