The Algerian Insurrection Quevedo said of the Spaniards: they haven t been able to be historians but they deserved to be . This is still true of the 1936 Spanish Revolution: others have written the history. It s too early to write the history of the insurrection that started in Algeria during spring 2001, but it s not too late to defend it; and to fight the deep indifference as we see it in France.
From Black Flag #222 (2002).
To illustrate the significance of this uprising, we need to look at the actions and declarations of the Algerian insurgents. Their dignity, understanding and courage reveals the abjection in which people of the modern world are living; their apathy, their petty worries and their sordid hopes.
A trial in Algeria over the murder of French mountaineer Herve Gourdel by jihadists in 2014 was postponed Thursday due to the prime suspect’s ill health, judicial sources said. Abdelmalek Hamzaoui, an alleged jihadist, had arrived at court for the opening hearing of the trial in a wheelchair, and according to a doctor who accompanied him, he is asthmatic and had undergone hip surgery. “Given the state of health of the main defendant Hamzaoui, the court decided to postpone the case to February 18,” said the presiding judge of the court in Dar El Beida, a suburb of Algiers.
The slain hiker’s partner Francoise Grandclaude, who travelled to Algeria for the trial, said she was “very, very disappointed” by the delay, but respected the Algerian judiciary’s decision. “We put a lot of hope in the Algerian justice system… that justice will be rendered after seven years of a very, very long wait,” she told AFP.
Jean-Christophe MAGNENET / AFP
The trial over the murder of a French mountaineer opens in Algeria this week, more than six years after he was beheaded by Islamic State group-linked militants.
Herve Gourdel, 55, was abducted on 21 September 21, 2014 while hiking in Djurdjura National Park, three days before his execution.
In total, 14 people face charges over the case, however, only one is known to be in custody and will appear before a court on the outskirts of Algiers.
The trial over the murder of a French mountaineer opens in Algeria this week, more than six years after he was beheaded by Islamic State group-linked militants during a hiking trip.
Football fans attack Sonatrach office
Algerian football fans attacked Sonatrach’s headquarters earlier this week following the poor performance of MC Alger.
Updated: 03/02/2021, 1:39 pm
MC Alger visits Sonatrach headquarters in mid-January
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Algerian football fans attacked Sonatrach’s headquarters earlier this week following the poor performance of MC Alger.
The Algerian state-owned company owns MC Alger. The club’s coach blamed Sonatrach for some recent problems.