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Protesters blocked the Beirut \u2013 Tripoli motorway, one the country\u2019s busiest highways connecting the capital with several northern cities in Jdeideh, Zalka, Jal El Dib, Jounieh, and Jbeil. Protesters also blocked the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/LunaSafwan\/status\/1217041350245453824\u0022\u003EBeirut \u2013 Saida highway\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Beirut, protesters blocked busy intersections at the Ring road in central Beirut, Madina al-Riyadiyya, Corniche el Mazraa, and Furn el Chebbek.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EVideos circulated by protesters show \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Lebanon-News\/2020\/Jan-14\/499190-day-90-burning-tires-blocked-roads-across-lebanon.ashx\u0022\u003Escuffles in several areas\u003C\/a\u003E across the country with security forces, who attempted to reopen the roads. Videos circulating on social media appear to show the Lebanese army \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/LunaSafwan\/status\/1217028791547187200\u0022\u003Eusing rubber bullets\u003C\/a\u003E to disperse \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarissaAounSky\/status\/1217033887983063040\u0022\u003Eprotesters blocking Bahsas\u003C\/a\u003E, the southern entrance to Tripoli, this morning. Human Rights Watch could not independently verify the video.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EActivists have also reported that security forces \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/LunaSafwan\/status\/1217040017706684417\u0022\u003Earrested at least two protesters\u003C\/a\u003E at the Ring Road in central Beirut.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EFreedom of peaceful assembly, a fundamental right, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible. The UN expert on free assembly has stated that \u201cthe free flow of traffic should not automatically take precedence over freedom of peaceful assembly.\u201d Two other UN experts have concluded that \u201cassemblies are an equally legitimate use of public space as commercial activity or the movement of vehicles and pedestrian traffic,\u201d and \u201ca certain level of disruption to ordinary life caused by assemblies, including disruption of traffic, annoyance, and even harm to commercial activities, must be tolerated if the right is not to be deprived of substance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet tw-align-center\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003ETweeted about \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tripoli?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Tripoli\u003C\/a\u003E an hour ago, this is an additional video - The Lebanese army using rubber bullets to disperse protestors earlier this morning in Bahsas\/Tripoli (North Lebanon) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Lebanon\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanonprotests?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Lebanonprotests\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/SbNwtAJYgb\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/SbNwtAJYgb\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2014 Luna Safwan - \u0644\u0648\u0646\u0627 \u0635\u0641\u0648\u0627\u0646 (@LunaSafwan) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/LunaSafwan\/status\/1217028791547187200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJanuary 14, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]