Algeria: Stop using unlawful force against peaceful protesters
LONDON, United Kingdom, May 10, 2021,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Algerian security forces must refrain from using unlawful force to disperse protesters calling for radical political change, and release more than 60 “Hirak” movement activists who continue to languish in prison for their role in the demonstrations, Amnesty International said ahead of planned protests today.
Since weekly Hirak demonstrations resumed in February, after being suspended for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have used repressive tactics to crack down on protests in the capital of Algiers and several other cities, including forcibly dispersing peaceful gatherings, beating protesters and conducting mass arrests.
LONDON, United Kingdom, May 10, 2021,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Algerian security forces must refrain from using unlawful force to disperse protesters calling for radical political change, and release more than 60 “Hirak” movement activists who continue to languish in prison for their role in the demonstrations, Amnesty International said ahead of planned protests today.
Since weekly Hirak demonstrations resumed in February, after being suspended for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have used repressive tactics to crack down on protests in the capital of Algiers and several other cities, including forcibly dispersing peaceful gatherings, beating protesters and conducting mass arrests.
7 May 2021, 11:37 UTC
Algerian security forces must refrain from using unlawful force to disperse protesters calling for radical political change, and release more than 60 “Hirak” movement activists who continue to languish in prison for their role in the demonstrations, Amnesty International said ahead of planned protests today.
Since weekly Hirak demonstrations resumed in February, after being suspended for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have used repressive tactics to crack down on protests in the capital of Algiers and several other cities, including forcibly dispersing peaceful gatherings, beating protesters and conducting mass arrests. The police forces’ heavy-handed response to brave protesters taking part in the Hirak movement exemplifies why people across Algeria are calling for political reform. The use of unlawful force and arbitrary detentions is unacceptable, and the eyewitness accounts we have heard are trul