Protesters hold magazines of Environment Ministry Mohammad Machnouk upside down during a protest in the environment ministry in downtown Beirut, Lebanon September 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Protesters occupied the environment ministry in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, calling on minister Mohamad Al Machnouk to resign over a rubbish disposal crisis, the latest in a wave of unrest over the paralysed political system.
The "You Stink" anti-government campaign has brought thousands of disaffected Lebanese onto the streets in recent weeks in an unprecedented mobilisation by civil society groups acting independently of the country's big, sectarian parties.
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