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Live Blog: Photos, Videos and Tweets From Lebanon’s Public Sector Protest #زحف_بيروت
Judging by the pictures, thousands of teachers and civil servants marched from Barbir to the Grand Serail in downtown Beirut on Wednesday morning.
Get a load of these incredible photos and live tweets from demonstrators as public sector employees are now on day nine of a strike to pressure the cabinet to refer a wage hike plan to parliament for approval.
Continue to check back in with us. We’ll keep you updated with the latest media as it becomes available.
4:13 p.m.
The Tweet above reads: “This man [Hanna Gharib] represents us. Share the photo.”
4:03 p.m.
(Photo Tweeted by @balkantar)
3:29 p.m.
(Video posted by Abir Ghattas on Facebook)
3:15 p.m.
(Photo by Hussein Baydooun. Posted by @DiAyDi on Twitter)
3:02 p.m.
(Photo via @nourzahi on Twitter)
2:50 p.m.
Hanna Gharib (center), head of the Union Coordination Committee, stands among fellow protesters on Wednesday. (Photo Instagrammed by @Ghazayel)
2:37 p.m.
In English, the tweet reads: “If Ahmad Al Assir was traveling to Beirut, all of the media would follow him. The poor don’t get any coverage.” Source
2:32 p.m.
(Photo via Charbel Nahas on Facebook.)
(Photo via Charbel Nahas on Facebook.)
2:10 p.m.
The tweet reads: “If the movement backs down from its objective and stops negotiating, I have one thing to say: this is going down in the garbage [dump] of history.”
2:05 p.m.
1:53 p.m.
(Photo via @Lobnene_Blog on Twitter)
1:43 p.m.
The poster reads: “Oh Najib [Mikati], the liar goes to the fire. We and the government don’t mix.” (Photo via @futuretvnews)
1:35 p.m.
1:26 p.m.
(Photo via @ChucryHaddad on Twitter)
(Photo via @JadedJad on Twitter)
(Photo via @LarissaAounSky on Twitter)
The poster reads: “If we had weapons, you wouldn’t be finding excuses to fund the wage grid.” (Photo via Lorientlejour.com)
(Photo via @LarissaAounSky on Twitter)
(Photo via Abir Ghattas on Facebook)
(Photo via @LarissaAounSky on Twitter)
(Photo via @Nmoawad on Twitter)
11:42 a.m.
(Photo via Abir Ghattas on Facebook)
(Photo via Firas BouZeineddine on Facebook)
Get a load of these incredible photos and live tweets from demonstrators as public sector employees are now on day nine of a strike to pressure the cabinet to refer a wage hike plan to parliament for approval.
Continue to check back in with us. We’ll keep you updated with the latest media as it becomes available.
4:13 p.m.
هذا الرّجل يمثّلنا، إنشروها و لكم الأجر #زحف_بيروت #Lebanon twitter.com/Lobnene_Blog/s…
— Ahmad M. Yassine (@Lobnene_Blog) February 27, 2013
The Tweet above reads: “This man [Hanna Gharib] represents us. Share the photo.”
4:03 p.m.
(Photo Tweeted by @balkantar)
3:29 p.m.
(Video posted by Abir Ghattas on Facebook)
3:15 p.m.
(Photo by Hussein Baydooun. Posted by @DiAyDi on Twitter)
3:02 p.m.
(Photo via @nourzahi on Twitter)
2:50 p.m.
Hanna Gharib (center), head of the Union Coordination Committee, stands among fellow protesters on Wednesday. (Photo Instagrammed by @Ghazayel)
2:37 p.m.
#زحف_بيروت لو احمد الاسير كان نازل على بيروت كانت محطات الميديا ناقلة الزحف من صيدا لبيروت #زحف_بيروت معترين وفقراء لا يستحقون المتابعة
— YEHYA KOV (@samer_yehyakov) February 27, 2013
In English, the tweet reads: “If Ahmad Al Assir was traveling to Beirut, all of the media would follow him. The poor don’t get any coverage.” Source
2:32 p.m.
(Photo via Charbel Nahas on Facebook.)
(Photo via Charbel Nahas on Facebook.)
2:10 p.m.
إذا هيئة التنسيق النقابية بتتراجع للحظة وحدة عن التحرك و بتتفاوض على أهدافا .. جملة وحدة : إلى مزبلة التاريخ !#زحف_بيروت
— Khaled Ismaiil (@KhaledIsmaiil1) February 27, 2013
The tweet reads: “If the movement backs down from its objective and stops negotiating, I have one thing to say: this is going down in the garbage [dump] of history.”
2:05 p.m.
Gharib declares start of “revolution of the hungry” in Lebanon. #زحف_بيروت #ثورة
— Doja ∞ (@DiAyDi) February 27, 2013
1:53 p.m.
(Photo via @Lobnene_Blog on Twitter)
1:43 p.m.
The poster reads: “Oh Najib [Mikati], the liar goes to the fire. We and the government don’t mix.” (Photo via @futuretvnews)
1:35 p.m.
Truly one of the most beautiful protests I’ve ever seen in #Beirut. Solidarity from across, unwavering demands, genuine people #زحف_بيروت
— Nadine Moawad (@nmoawad) February 27, 2013
1:26 p.m.
(Photo via @ChucryHaddad on Twitter)
(Photo via @JadedJad on Twitter)
(Photo via @LarissaAounSky on Twitter)
The poster reads: “If we had weapons, you wouldn’t be finding excuses to fund the wage grid.” (Photo via Lorientlejour.com)
(Photo via @LarissaAounSky on Twitter)
(Photo via Abir Ghattas on Facebook)
(Photo via @LarissaAounSky on Twitter)
(Photo via @Nmoawad on Twitter)
11:42 a.m.
(Photo via Abir Ghattas on Facebook)
(Photo via Firas BouZeineddine on Facebook)