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Conflict Incident Report

Protesters denounce Burj Hammoud landfill plans

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Waste Management Conflict (Starting January 25, 2014)
Date of incident: 
July 2, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

 On 02 July 16, activists belonging to “Clean Lebanese” campaign held a demonstration to protest the creation of a landfill on the Metn district's coastal area, east of Beirut. The protest comes only three days after the Council for Development and Reconstruction announced that it has granted a company permission to start works on a landfill in Metn’s town of Burj Hammoud.

 

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.