Among the released are rights campaigner Zaki Hannache, who was detained last month for making an "apology for terrorist acts" and "spreading false news".
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday pardoned over 1,000 convicts and ordered "clemency measures" for 70 people detained over links to the country's Hirak protest movement, to coincide with Ramadan.
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