Crackdown promotes Hirak’s democratic administration and administration.
Hundreds of protesters were arrested Algeria while the authorities continue to struggle to deal with the protests that have been going on for years that have required roots and branches to change.
Said Salhi, head of the Algeria League for Human Rights, said about 800 people had been arrested in Algiers and 19 other states in North Africa on Friday.
Many were released but 40 people were detained, he wrote on Twitter.
The presence of a strong police force in the capital blocked their weekly routine, with local media reports, with police closing roads and visible routes since early morning.
“Friday, Friday [since the first Hirak protests], ‘Algiers the White’ has turned the police into a cloud, “said Lyes, a 40-year-old man who declined to be named, referring to the headquarters and their Arab monk.
Independent journalists and photographers without the consent of the media will not be able to repeat the process. Internet censorship blocked the spread of news to other cities.
Sweep remodeling
Hirak’s non-political and non-political party was not formed in 2019 in the run-up to the election of then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The ailing leader was forced to resign a few weeks later, but Hirak continued his protests, seeking to overthrow the regime that had existed since Algeria gained independence from France in 1962.
Trips were suspended for about a year due to the coronavirus epidemic, but protesters have been back on the streets since February and given the group strength.
The Interior Ministry last week said protest organizers in Hirak should do so advising the executives of the demonstrations in advance, which came as the government forced the movement as the first parliamentary elections approached.
Hirak rejected the June 12 vote, and human rights groups have warned of an increasing number of candidates in the run-up to the elections.
About 133 people are currently being held in connection with the Hirak group or cases involving freedom of speech, according to Algerian Detainees, a press release.
Economic hardships
Two protesters who returned to the streets in February, Ahmed Abdiche and Mohamed Badji, decided on Friday not to try to march, hoping to be arrested. Both said, however, it would not stop their quest for change.
“Hirak will continue either in the process of marching or in other ways. But we will remain peaceful,” Abdiche said.
“Using force to stop the march will not change anything because we are determined to achieve our goals and we will not back down,” Badji said.
Opposition groups called for a boycott of the by-elections in favor of free and fair elections.
The conference boycotted the election of Bouteflika’s successor, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in December 2019 as well as a referendum on the November 2020 constitutional referendum.
However, the economy is in dire straits due to power shortages and a global epidemic, and once some of Hirak’s goals are met, many of those who have helped in the past have decided to stop the protests.
“It’s time to dump her and move on. Marching and shouting will not solve our problems, ”said former exhibition partner Ali Bachiri.
