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Communiqué issued by Jean-Yves Le Drian - Lebanon (29 Mar 2021)
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Hundreds of people
marched and blocked roads in a third consecutive day of nationwide protests after the Lebanese pound plummeted to a record 10,000 to the US dollar.
Officially pegged at 1,500 to the dollar, the pound has steadily devalued since an economic crisis hit Lebanon in 2019.
In Martyrs’ Square, Beirut’s protest centre, about 70 people blocked an empty road with burning tyres on Thursday.
“Lebanon has become a graveyard for our dreams,” unemployed Amer Ashkar, 29
, told
The National.
“I have a girlfriend but we can t even afford to get married. This is a revolution of the poor.”
Lebanon s political elite have been in power since the end of the 15-year civil war in 1990.
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A recent undated picture shows prominent Lebanese activist Lokman Slim, who was found dead in his car in southern Lebanon on Feb 4. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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The assassination of the Lebanese activist and writer Lokman Slim who was openly critical of Hezbollah was in the making for years. His killer pulled the trigger earlier this month because the timing at home and abroad was convenient for his assassins, who wanted to send a message.
It has always been a matter of time. Hezbollah’s critics including myself always felt the shadows following. You have to go about your daily life constantly looking over your shoulder, checking under your car for a bomb every time you leave your house, and feeling your heart sink deeper each time your children’s school bus is late. We always knew we were being followed and monitored. Slim refused to live his
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