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Last month, the International Crisis Group said Algeria's situation had "deteriorated", noting that the authorities had "stepped up repression" against Hirak supporters ahead of the polls, "quashing demonstrations and arresting scores".
Algerian police prevent pro-democracy protest, arrest journalists
May 16, 2021
Algerian police prevented a pro-democracy protest rally from taking place in the capital Algiers Friday and detained several people including journalists, among them an AFP photographer, AFP correspondents said.
Demonstrators were preparing to take part in the weekly Hirak movement protest when they were jostled and taken into custody by police in the city centre, an AFP journalist and other witnesses said.
AFP photographer Ryad Kramdi was detained in the working-class Bab El Oued neighbourhood for an identity check and was taken to a police station.
He was released in the evening after eight hours in detention.
Algerian police prevented a pro-democracy protest rally from taking place in the capital Algiers Friday and detained several people including journalists.
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According to media reports, the police in Algeria prevented a pro-democracy protest from taking place at the Algiers, on Friday.
A photographer from AFP who was taking pictures of the events has been identified as one of the people that were arrested at this rally.
The reporter mentioned that as stressful as the situation was, they were well taken care of after eight hours in detention with no plausible explanations.
For Algeria, protests returned in February 2021 after being suspended for around a year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Algerian police prevented a pro-democracy protest rally from taking place in the capital Algiers on Friday and detained several people including journalists, among them an AFP photographer, AFP correspondents said.