On 14 March, the one-month memorial of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese rallied in central Beirut on Monday chanting "Freedom, Sovereignty, Independence" and carrying a huge Lebanese flag. They flocked from throughout the country, many unable to even enter the city due to heavy traffic. The demonstration was called by the different factions of the anti-Syrian opposition (including the Hariri family and other groupings) and was trumpeted by the different private media, namely "Future TV", a private enterprise part of the media empire controlled by Hariri's family and the "Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation LBCI", generally aligned with the Lebanese Forces, the right-wing Christian party.