#StreetOP :: Lebanon’s #YouReek Protest

Jaha Media goes to Lebanon’s #YouReek protest to see why so many Lebanese are fed up…

Jaha Media
Jaha Media
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1 min readJun 2, 2016

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This past month in Lebanon, unprecedented demonstrations against government corruption and sectarian disunity erupted after the government closed the the country’s largest landfill without an alternative waste disposal scheme. Soon, trash was piling high in the streets. The issue became a symbol of government negligence (the protest has been called the “#YouReek protests”) and people throughout Lebanon are demanding reform. Jaha Media went to Beirut to learn more about why so many Lebanese have had enough…

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Jaha Media

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