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New opposition demonstration in Algiers, prevented by police
[Ennahar] Police on Saturday blocked in Algiers thirty demonstrators trying to march for the eleventh time since February in favour of a regime change in Algeria, said a journalist.Opponents, who responded to the call of the National Coordination for Democracy and Change (CNDC), were blocked and surrounded by police when they arrive in Place du premier mai, in the center of the capital, place of usual weekly appointment. They had to go to the Martyrs' Square, the main rallying point for protesters. Among them, the honorary president of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH), Ali Yahia Abdennour, officials of the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD secular opposition, 19 members of 389) and women draped in the Algerian flag. The demonstrators chanted in particular "system leave" or "for the fall of the regime." This faction of the CNDC, of political parties, maintains this appointment "every Saturday". A second trend of the movement, the NCCD-Barakat, following a split on February 12 of the Coordination born January 21, denies systematic street demonstrations. Besides the supporters of the CNDC, several processions of demonstrators stormed the capital since the riots of the beginning of the year which killed five people and injured over 800. Among them, students have repeatedly demonstrated against a "devaluation" of diplomas, but their march on April 12 was dispersed with batons by the police who caused injuries. The United Nations ...an international organization whose stated aims of facilitating interational security involve making sure that nobody with live ammo is offended unless it's a civilized country... Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, one-week visit to Algeria, April 17 urged the authorities not to use force against peaceful demonstrations. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-24 |
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