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Security forces comprising the Internal Security Forces\u2019 Riot Police as well as members of the Parliament Police were standing behind police barricades blocking the entrance to Nejmeh Square.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThree witnesses told Human Rights Watch that the protests were overwhelmingly peaceful, but that at around 7 p.m., several protesters tried to remove the barricades at that entrance.\u00a0 Witnesses said that almost immediately security forces broke through the barricades, beat protesters, and fired large amounts of tear gas onto the crowds. 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