Conflict Incident Report

Islamists prisoners' wives heading to Roumieh prison

Date of incident:

January 13, 2016 to January 16, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Islamist prisoners' women, have headed Saturday noon to Roumieh prison to check on their husbands and imprisoned family members staging a hunger strike for three days now. Women protesters have hoisted flyers demanding immediate lifting of injustice befalling their husbands and sons by speeding up their trial or freeing them akin to what the Military Tribunal did to Michel Samaha. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/55298/Islamists-prisoners-39-wives-he...

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.

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Conflict Incident Report

Islamists prisoners' wives heading to Roumieh prison