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Lebanese students burn dumpsters while protesting a decision by top universities to adopt a new dollar exchange rate to price tuition in Beirut s Hamra district on December 19, 2020 (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
BEIRUT Lebanese riot police on Saturday scuffled with students protesting a decision by top universities to adopt a new dollar exchange rate to price tuition equivalent to a major fee hike.
Near the entrance of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in the city’s Hamra district, security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters who were trying to approach the main gate.
Students responded by throwing water bottles and other objects at riot police blocking their path.
LEBANESE students were attacked by riot police on Saturday as they protested against massive rises in tuition fees after the country’s leading universities adopted a new dollar exchange rate.
Tear gas was fired at those gathered in front of the prestigious American University of Beirut (AUB) as they approached the main gate; students responded by throwing bottles at security forces.
It was part of a so-called “student day of rage” in response to a decision by AUB and the Lebanese American University (LAU), two of Lebanon’s top private institutions, to price tuition fees based on an exchange rate of 3,900 Lebanese pounds to the dollar.
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Lebanese students burned dumpsters in the capital Beirut during protests against a decision by top universities to adopt a new dollar exchange rate to price tuition ANWAR AMRO AFP
Lebanese riot police on Saturday scuffled with students protesting a decision by top universities to adopt a new dollar exchange rate to price tuition equivalent to a major fee hike.
Near the entrance of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in the city’s Hamra district, security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters who were trying to approach the main gate.
Students responded by throwing water bottles and other objects at riot police blocking their path.
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