Hizbullah Supporters Block Roads to Protest Nasrallah Comedy Sketch

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A group of Hizbullah supporters took to the streets late on Saturday, burning tires and blocking roads around Beirut and east Lebanon to protest a short comedy TV program impersonating the party chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

On Saturday evening, a group of young men gathered in Msharrafieh in Beirut's southern suburbs and moves escalated afterward to burning tires and blocking roads in several areas including al-Saadiyat, Choueifat , Airport road, Spears, Bekaa, Baalbek, Brital and Douris.

They protested a short comedy sketch that was broadcast on a Saudi-owned TV station, MBC, which impersonated their leader.

The army issued a statement late on Saturday, reassuring that the situation was controlled and that it had set up checkpoints and deployed troops to several areas around Beirut to contain the protests.

On Sunday, several roads were also blocked in various regions before being reopened by security forces.

During the day, protesters blocked the Taalbaya-Chtaura road in the Bekaa and the Choueifat-Kfarshima and Choueifat-Khalde roads outside the capital. And in the evening they blocked the Mar Mikhail Church-Shiyyah-Hazmieh road in Beirut's suburbs and security forces were trying to reopen it.

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Missing mohammad_ca 28 February 2016, 11:02

protesting is not a form of free speech when you are protesting against free speech ya zakzak

Thumb ex-fpm 28 February 2016, 11:31

This is wilayat al faqih version of freedom of expression. This is a sample of what freedom of expression is like in the islamic shia state of Lebanon. Thank you Aoun and thank you Geagea for nominating Aoun. Thank you Hariri for nominating Franjieh.

Missing peace 28 February 2016, 12:06

they cannot bear jokes about their so called laeders. no humor they have and they even burn down tv stations out of "freedom of expression"! LOL

Thumb justin 28 February 2016, 11:34

and Mashnouk tells us there is a security plan in dahieh. Everyone of these thugs is riding a stolen motorcycle or unregistered one.

Missing peace 28 February 2016, 12:05

and wearing no helmets... elsewhere you get arrested for that and your motorcycle impounded but never in ....dahiye.

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 28 February 2016, 12:04

Qassem Says Lebanon Will Remain Country of Freedoms

and it shows;)!

Thumb galaxy 28 February 2016, 12:16

Ashraf Al Nass practicing the purest form of democracy.

Thumb barrymore 28 February 2016, 12:35

They blocked roads, they disturbed the peace, they burned tires and in the end NOBODY was arrested.

The state of iranian hezbollah is stronger than the lebanese state

Thumb barrymore 28 February 2016, 12:42

10 minutes ago The Chtoura road has been reopened after it was blocked by Hizbullah supporters protesting a comedy skit impersonating the party chief Hassan Nasrallah.

Thumb ashtah 28 February 2016, 12:50

they also kidnap foreign and lebanese nationals and the general security rewards them and not arrest them.

Missing mohammad_ca 28 February 2016, 12:55

protesting is not free speech if you are protesting against free speech.

Missing mohammad_ca 28 February 2016, 16:24

Southern I know you are educationally challenged (since you support hizbollaat and vilayet e faqih) but re-read I didn't say they can't protest I said they can't claim their protests are "free speech" when they themselves are protesting AGAINST free speech.

Missing helicopter 28 February 2016, 23:55

They are not free to burn tires and close roads

Missing mohammad_ca 29 February 2016, 00:02

Burning tires and closing roads is not a peaceful protest
Comparing Nasrallat or any other hizbollaat thug to Prophet Mohammad is a huge fail.
To answer your question : you.

Thumb enterprise 28 February 2016, 14:55

قناة mbc
تسخر من حسن نصرالله

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFiNyG3QMmk

Thumb enterprise 28 February 2016, 14:56

وقامت عناصر الميليشيا بحرق الإطارات وإطلاق الهتافات الطائفية بما فيها شتائم للسعودية وللصحابة مما تسبب بانتقال التوتر ومشاعر الغضب إلى أبناء الطائفة السنية جراء انتشار مقاطع تظهر عناصر ومناصري ميليشيا "حزب الله" يشتمون الصحابة، وتعتذر أورينت عن عدم نشر هذه الفيديوهات بسبب ما تجتويه من ألفاظ مسيئة، وتتحدث التقارير الاعلامية عن استمرار إطلاق النار والاشتباكات في منطقة السعديات جنوب بيروت.

Thumb lebanesenationalist 28 February 2016, 18:06

People need to stop with the Shia this, Sunni that speech.. All of our ancestors, whether Christian, Sunni, Shia, Druze or whatever, lived together in Lebanon for over a thousand years. We are of the same blood, same history, same nation. It's sad that today in 2016, things have devolved to the most basic and sectarian level..

As a nation, we have to rise above this or we're doomed to a failed country forever.

Missing coolmec 28 February 2016, 18:20

@lebanesenationalist
Bless you for your excellent comment.
I don't know how the Lebanese will rise above the current dissensions. 40% of them are pro Iran, 40% are pro KSA, and the remaining 20% are silent.
Pity the nation
Pity its people

Missing peace 28 February 2016, 20:13

no one protesting against garbage in the streets... but when jokes are made about their leader they block the streets...
seems they don't care if Lebanon became a junk yard as long as their leader is ok...pityful

what's more important? the environment affecting thousands of people or one man?

Missing youssefhaddad 28 February 2016, 22:40

No one could ridicule Hassan Nassrallah more than he does to himself.
Remember he is the guy who despite his "divine victory" in 2006 is till hiding underground.
No one is sacred. Once the Lebanese stop stupidly sanctifying their leaders and killing each others for them and allowing them to steal the country blind then it will be possible to rebuild Lebanon. What happened yesterday does not give any hope!

Missing helicopter 28 February 2016, 23:53

burning tires and closing roads is not free speech