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Conflict Incident Report

Demonstrators demand amnesty for Assir supporters

Date of incident: 
January 27, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

On 27 Jan 17, scores of south Lebanon residents protested after Friday prayers in Saida the state’s treatment of radical Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir’s supporters. Islamists and relatives of fighters detained with Assir called on worshippers leaving the Al-Hussein Mosque in the city to join their protest. The protesters demanded amnesty for all detainee.

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):
Conflicts of social discrimination
Violent and unjust treatment of different categories of people and individuals based on race, age, gender or sexuality, committed by the State, groups and individuals, related to a lack of protection and rights, inefficiency of the Justice system and persisting social and economic vulnerabilities.