Priority will be given to aged people and adolescents, it said Friday, adding that some other detainees will benefit from conditional release and reduced sentences.
On Saturday, Tunisians mark the culmination of their revolution, which began in December 2010 and led to the flight of Ben Ali to Soddy Arabia after 23 years of hardline rule.
Algerian President Abdelaziz
Bouteflika... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third term, which is probably why Algerians are ready to dump him...
, the emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, and the head of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, will take part in the events marking the revolution that began the "Arab Spring", leading to the end of dictatorial regimes in Egypt and Libya.