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Conflict Incident Report

Rally in Halba against waste transport to Akkar

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Waste Management Conflict (Starting January 25, 2014)
Date of incident: 
October 4, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

NNA - The "Akkar is not a Dump" Movement organized Sunday a rally in rejection of waste transport from Beirut to Srar dump. 

MP Khaled Al-Daher, who participated in the rally, pointed out that "not a single waste truck would be allowed into Akkar." 

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.