The journalist Khaled Drareni was convicted after reporting on the Hirak protest movement, which forced the removal of the country’s longtime ruler, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, last year.
Tag: Algiers (Algeria)
Military’s Preferred Candidate Named Winner in Algeria Election
Antigovernment protesters took to the streets to reject the vote as illegitimate. They boycotted the election, which had a record low turnout.
In an Epic Standoff, Unarmed Algerians Get the Army to Blink
They protest twice a week, and the army allows it, wary of a bloody confrontation. So Algeria’s still-bloodless revolution continues.
Algiers Dispatch: Algeria’s Turmoil Adds New Obstacle to Saving the Historic Casbah
A plan to restore the Ottoman-era district offended some for inviting help from the French, former colonizers. But the famed warren continues to decay.
Huge Crowds of Algerians Protest Army’s Latest Compromise Offer
Crowds, seeking far more than the ouster of the ailing president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, want the wholesale removal of “the System.” all those tied to his 20-year reign.
‘It’s Time to Break the Chains.’ Algerians Seek a Revolution.
The demonstrations in Algeria have grown larger every week and now seem unstoppable. The protesters demand the ouster of not only President Bouteflika, but his entire system.
Algerians Stage Largest Protest Yet, Rejecting President’s Offer
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters packed the streets of the capital, rejecting President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s offer not to seek a fifth term.
Algeria Protests: President’s Offer Fails to Temper Outrage
A spokesman said that the ailing president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, would call new elections — after he had secured a fifth term in voting set for April.
Algeria Protests Grow Against President Bouteflika, Ailing and Out of Sight
A fifth term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 81, has enraged Algerians, especially a younger generation frustrated by his tenure and with little memory of the country’s turmoils in the 1990s.
Catholic Monks, Nuns and Others Killed in Algeria’s Civil War Are Beatified
A cardinal held the beatification ceremony, said to be the first of its kind in a Muslim nation.