Lebanese protested the planned construction of a dam south of Beirut on Thursday. There is significant opposition to the Bisri Dam — a project of the World Bank — in the country.
Around 100 people protested in Bisri on Thursday, according to a video of the protest from the Save the Bisri Valley Campaign and other videos on Twitter. Protesters chanted, “Your voice, my country, revolution” at the event. The hashtag “#SaveTheBisriValley” in English and Arabic that has trended on Twitter this week.
