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Conflict Incident Report

Protest in Beirut against the tax increases

Date of incident: 
July 23, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Protesters demonstrated in Downtown Beirut against the newly approved tax increases.

Around 11 a.m. demonstrators blocked the road near Parliament and Beirut Municipality on Weygand Street.

The protest was called for by a number of parties including Shaab Movement, Kataeb Party, Lebanese Communist Party and a number of civil society organizations.

The protesters demanded a raise to the minimum wage among other financial reforms, while denouncing the newly approved taxes. The demonstration was held under the slogan of "Our silence is a tax."

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 socio-economic development
Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.