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Between 2,000 and 3,000 students marched through the streets of Algiers
[Ennahar] Between 2,000 and 3,000 students, according to local journalists, marched Tuesday in the streets of Algiers, where street demonstrations are banned.The students were protesting against such a new system for issuing diplomas and the malfunctioning of the university. Gathered at the Post Office, they forced several cordons of coppers deployed in the center of the capital in the early hours of the morning. From several provinces of the country, they failed to reach the government palace where all the streets leading to it were blocked by an impressive police devise. Demonstrators then headed towards the Presidency of the Republic on the heights of Algiers, but they were blocked halfway by the police. The demonstrators chanted such as "Zenga, Zeng, dar bdar, houkouma tachâal ennar" (the government puts the fire in all streets and in every house), a slogan inspired by a speech by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, "we are sick of this ministry, we are sick of poverty " or "Harroubia (Minister of Higher Education) go out!". Posted by: Fred 2011-04-14 |
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