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Algeria's protests are back and the president is worried bbc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bbc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In-depth: Protests led by the pro-democracy Hirak movement have once again spread across Algeria, despite President Tebboune's attempts to repress them. ....
Several hundred protesters were arrested in Algeria as authorities ramp up efforts to quell a years-long protest movement that has demanded root-and-branch political reform. Said Salhi, head of the Algerian League for Human Rights, said about 800 people were detained in Algiers and 19 other governorates across the North African country on Friday. The majority were released but 40 people remain in custody, he wrote on Twitter. Heavy police presence in the capital prevented their weekly march from taking place, local media reports said, with police blocking roads and regular protest routes from early in the morning. “For the 118th Friday [since the first Hirak protests], ‘Algiers the White’ has turned police blue,” said Lyes, a man in his 40s who declined to provide his surname, referring to the capital by its Arabic moniker. ....
Algeria: Hundreds arrested as authorities crack down on protest movement middleeasteye.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from middleeasteye.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Friday, 23 April, 2021 - 10:00 Algerians holding flags demonstrate against the authorities. File photo Algiers - Asharq Al-Awsat Algerian journalist and whistle-blower Noureddine Tounsi was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison, one of his lawyers told AFP. Detained since September, Tounsi had reported on social media on alleged wrongdoings at the port of Oran, in the country’s northwest. Tounsi “was sentenced to a year behind bars by the court” in Oran, his lawyer Farid Khemisti wrote on Facebook. Charges against him included “insulting the president of the republic” and “invasion of privacy,” local media reported. However, he was acquitted of the charge of “communicating with foreign entities,” which would have led to his referral to a criminal court, the media added. ....