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Algeria: Momentum builds for pro-democracy Hirak movement, Algerians insist on end of regimeF

UN urges Algeria to stop attacks on protesters The United Nations on Friday voiced concern about an increasing crackdown on a pro-democracy protest movement in Algeria, highlighting hundreds of arrests in recent weeks and torture allegations. UN rights office...

Algeria: Students resume their anti-regime Hirak movement, with Tuesday ralliesF

Some 2,000 Algerians, mostly students, rallied against the government Tuesday in defiance of lockdown measures, as their two-year-old pro-democracy protest movement resurges. For the second consecutive week, young protesters accompanied by lecturers and other...

Algeria: Police unleash violence on population in Ouargla after blogger sentenced to seven years in prisonF

Unrest broke out late Sunday in a southern Algerian town after a blogger and activist was handed a seven-year jail sentence for condoning acts of terrorism, a news website reported. El Watan said protesters burnt tyres and blocked several roads in Ouargla, after a...

Algeria says it released 59 political prisoners but continues to unleash violence on peaceful protestersF

Algerian police and biased judicial system still on the hunt The presidential pardon has not stopped the security authorities and the judicial machine from arresting people on the basis of their political views. The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights...

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