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Conflict Incident Report
Protests against municipality's crackdowns on unlicensed carts
Date of incident:
May 22, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Residents in the south Lebanon town of Qleileh burned tires in protest of recent municipality decision to ban a man from selling vegetables from his van.
According to the state-run National News Agency, several people argued that security forces had forcefully removed the van belonging to Aa. Darwish, who used the vehicle to sell vegetables.
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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