Thousands protest in Algeria
Thousands of people protested for a twentieth consecutive week in Algeria’s capital yesterday, defying a major police presence and after the interim president renewed a plea for dialogue.
“Go, liberate Algeria!”, protesters chanted, waving the national flag, as they kept up pressure for regime insiders to step aside, more than three months after forcing longtime ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika into resigning.
Amid shouts of “Long live Algeria! Our claims are legitimate!”, hundreds of the protesters successfully forced their way through a police cordon and headed for the esplanade of the main post office, a symbol of the protest movement.
Around a dozen protesters were arrested, witnesses said.
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