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Lebanon wants to charge 20 cents a day for internet calls like FaceTime, Facebook calls and Whatsapp aje.io/cgfyw

Protests erupt in Beirut after Lebanon's government announces a tax on WhatsApp and other internet calls aje.io/cgfyw

⚡️ "It's time for accountability" and "Lebanon rises" - why are people in Lebanon protesting?
#اجا_وقت_نحاسب
#لبنان_يثور

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Across Lebanon, protesters chanted: "The people demand the fall of the regime."

Anger grows as hundreds take to the streets over the government's plans to impose new taxes amid an economic crisis.
#اجا_وقت_نحاسب
#لبنان_يثور
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"The people were already at the edge ... it was the last straw."

Massive demonstrations rock Lebanon after the cabinet agreed to impose a $0.20 fee on WhatsApp calls per day and proposed tax hikes aje.io/t6bv6
#اجا_وقت_نحاسب
#لبنان_يثور

"We're not here over WhatsApp - we're here over everything, fuel, food, bread, everything."

Thousands have taken to the streets in Lebanon as anger grows over gov't tax plans amid an economic crisis in the country
#اجا_وقت_نحاسب

One of Lebanon's main politicians suggests PM Hariri should join him in resigning as massive protests threaten the country's political establishment aje.io/uf4nz #اجا_وقت_نحاسب

Lebanon's gov't reverses plans to tax WhatsApp calls following protests against the proposal aje.io/4rbx9 #اجا_وقت_نحاسب

"We are not here over the WhatsApp, we are here over everything: over fuel, food, bread, over everything."

Lebanon's biggest protest in years sees thousands demonstrate for a second day aje.io/hrjmv #اجا_وقت_نحاسب

'The WhatsApp revolution': Lebanon protests over the economic crisis, mismanagement and corruption continues for a second day, thousands demand 'fall of the regime' aje.io/ttz6u

Lebanon's Hariri sets three-day deadline for political rivals to unite and resolve dire economic crisis, as protests continue across the country aje.io/sw8ne