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Asharq Al-Awsat
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UN Blames Lebanese Politicians for Forcing Population Into Poverty

A placard held by a demonstrator at a rally in Beirut on October 20, 2019 reads, ‘When we say all of you (should leave), we mean all of you. You (the political class) are sectarian. We are for coexistence’. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s political and financial leaders are responsible for forcing most of the country’s population into poverty, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, Olivier De Schutter, said in a report published Wednesday.

He stressed that the Lebanese State, including its Central Bank, is responsible for human rights violations, including the unnecessary immiseration of the population, that have resulted from this man-made crisis.

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