- Title: Defiant Lebanese protesters set up road blocks and tents
- Date: 25th October 2019
- Summary: TRIPOLI, LEBANON (OCTOBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BLOCKING ROAD WITH CAR AND TENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET LEBANESE ARMY STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET / CARS MAKING U-TURN PROTESTERS SITTING ON PAVEMENT PROTESTERS SITTING IN TENT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROTESTER, FOUAD HADDAD, SAYING: "We are asking the president to find a solution quickly because it's the 8th day and we are still waiting. We are not leaving because we have nothing to lose, if we go away from here we will lose." LEBANESE SOLDIERS DIVERTING TRAFFIC VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BLOCKING ROAD LEBANESE RED CROSS VEHICLE DRIVING AWAY WITH SIRENS ON (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNEMPLOYED PROTESTER, AYA CHAMRA, SAYING: "They are asking me, how are women going on the streets and blocking roads, this is not your job. This is the job of every citizen who wants change, you ask us about our demands, we have a lot of demands." BEIRUT, LEBANON (OCTOBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS) CARS PASSING BY ROAD BLOCK / PROTESTERS IN THE DISTANCE VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BLOCKING ROAD PROTESTERS WITH LEBANESE FLAG ON CONCRETE BLOCK PROTESTER WEARING LEBANESE FLAG STANDING IN THE STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROTESTER, AMIR FAKIH, SAYING: "This is the ninth day, we are on the ring (name of road) the ring is closed. The first street to be closed in the revolution was this street where we are now. Our demands are clear, in the end we are people, we are not a government, we don't impose solutions. We stand in the streets, we protest and we say no." BLOCKED ROADS WITH CARS PASSING / STREET SIGNS TO BEIRUT'S HAMRA DISTRICT AND TO MARTYRS' SQUARE VARIOUS OF LEBANESE ARMY DEPLOYED IN STREETS TENTS SET UP IN STREET TO BLOCK ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROTESTER, AMIR FAKIH, SAYING: "We are for the fall of the government, and for the formation of a government that would save us from the situation we are in now. Three, early parliamentary election, because the people who are in the government do not represent the people, they surely do not represent the two and a half million that took to the streets all over Lebanon from North to South." VARIOUS OF CAMPS IN CENTRAL BEIRUT VARIOUS OF CAMPS SET UP IN MARTYRS' SQUARE
- Embargoed: 8th November 2019 09:34
- Keywords: protests civil unrest Lebanon blocked roads 9th day revolution corruption resignation
- Location: TRIPOLI AND BEIRUT, LEBANON
- City: TRIPOLI AND BEIRUT, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2LGVGN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Protests paralysed Lebanon for a ninth day on Friday (October 25), blocking roads and setting up tents on highways.
The crowds were not big, but in earlier protests they have grown in size during the day.
The protests have cut roadways, closed schools and shut banks nationwide. Emergency reform measures and an offer of dialogue with protest representatives by the president have so far failed to defuse anger or move people from the street.
The demostrations have been fuelled by dire economic conditions and anger at the political elite accused of plundering state resources for personal gain.
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