The relatives and supporters of ex-lawmaker Hasan Yaacoub Monday blocked roads in east Lebanon to protest the MP's ""arbitrary and political detention.""
Roads in the northern Bekaa towns and villages of Bidnayel, Beit Shama, Hawsh al-Rafqa, Timnin, and Riyaq were cut off for a while.
""The ongoing detention of (Yaacoub) is arbitrary and political,"" protesters said, demanding prominent Shiite leaders to end the case.
Yaacoub is a member of the Amal Movement, an ally of Hezbollah.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jan-04/330131-ex-mp-supporters-block-bekaa-roads-over-arbitrary-arrest.ashx
Roads in the northern Bekaa towns and villages of Bidnayel, Beit Shama, Hawsh al-Rafqa, Timnin, and Riyaq were cut off for a while.
""The ongoing detention of (Yaacoub) is arbitrary and political,"" protesters said, demanding prominent Shiite leaders to end the case.
Yaacoub is a member of the Amal Movement, an ally of Hezbollah.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jan-04/330131-ex-mp-supporters-block-bekaa-roads-over-arbitrary-arrest.ashx
Date of incident
January 04, 2016
Death toll
0 person(s)
Number of Injured
0 person(s)
Location
RayakTibnineHaouche el-Rafika
Primary category
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary)
Policy conflicts
