- Title: Lebanese protesters in streets for seventh night
- Date: 23rd October 2019
- Summary: BEIRUT, LEBANON (OCTOBER 23, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT VIEWS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS LIGHTING RED FLARES AS THEY GATHER OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WAVING LEBANESE FLAGS AND CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE PROTESTER, ALI ISMAEL, SAYING: "We certainly are continuing despite the rain, the attempts to open the roads and the suppression that people are facing in the different areas. We are continuing and we will remain. We tell them (protesters) to continue across the country, and continue in confronting this regime wherever you can." PROTESTERS GATHERING IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING VARIOUS OF PROTESTER DISTRIBUTING FOOD "THE EGG" BUILDING PROTESTERS CLIMBING STAIRS UP "THE EGG" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS GATHERING IN "THE EGG" AND WATCHING A FILM AS PART OF AN ACTION DESIGNED TO RESTORE PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO THE PEOPLE TRIPOLI, LEBANON (OCTOBER 23, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT VIEWS) VARIOUS OF CROWD OF PROTESTERS GATHERING, WAVING FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE PROTESTER, ALAA TIZANI, SAYING: "We call upon the international community if there is any way to remove all (the leaders) away from us so we can build a future for a new Lebanon."
- Embargoed: 6th November 2019 18:14
- Keywords: Lebanon protests night Lebanon protests night protests
- Location: BEIRUT AND TRIPOLI, LEBANON
- City: BEIRUT AND TRIPOLI, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2BKFUV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Protesters took to the streets of Lebanon on Wednesday (October 23) as unprecedented demonstrations against the political elite which have swept across the country entered their seventh evening.
Demonstrators waved flags and let off flares as large numbers of people lined the streets.
In an effort to restore public buildings to the people, protesters staged a film screening in Beirut's iconic 'The Egg' building, an unfinished cinema built in 1965.
Lebanese leaders are discussing a possible government reshuffle, sources said on Wednesday. With a population of 6 million people including around 1 million Syrian refugees, Lebanon has been swept by protests against politicians blamed for corruption and waste in a state mired in debt and economic crisis.
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