Hirak Bound

Twenty-three people detained after taking part in a protest march in the Algerian capital last week have gone on hunger  strike, a prisoners' support group said Saturday. The CNLD said they launched their action on Wednesday in El Harrach jail, after being detained on...

A court in Algeria's capital Monday sentenced journalist Abdelhakim Setouane to six months in jail for defamation of a former speaker of the lower house of parliament, his lawyer said. Abdellah Heboul told AFP that the journalist, who has been detained since October...

Tunisia's government has finally given an official toll of 129 dead and 634 injured in its 2011 revolution, in what an independent body called "a strong signal" of a democratic transition. The tally, long demanded by victims' families, was published late Friday on the...

[Photo by Le Mating]- Thousands protested in Algiers Friday to demand press freedom and judicial independence, as the Hirak pro-democracy movement keeps up its weekly demonstrations, despite a ban on gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Hirak protest...