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| Algeria: march becomes rally outside the party headquarters |
| 2011-01-24 |
| [Ennahar] seven coppers were maimed, including two at death's door and several protesters in addition to the RCD member of parliament Mazizi, yesterday at the unauthorized march initiated by the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), which was prevented by security services at the party headquarters in Didouche Mourad St., and the Place du Premier Mai in Algiers. The party's general secretary, Said Saadi stated yesterday at the headquarters of his party that this march will not be the latest against the sign of corruption in the regime, adding that 34 activists were jugged while security sources have reported only five arrests among the the RCD cut-thoats, who tried to walk in the streets despite the ban on marches in the province of Algiers because of the state of emergency. Many party activists, about fifty, threw from the balconies of the party headquarters chairs and other broken furniture on the law enforcement personnel causing injuries and fainting in the crowd. The security forces have managed to encircle the party headquarters in Rue Didouche Mourad, preventing the beturbanned goons out in the street. The march planned by the RCD has been a real big failure because of the large number of security forces on the one hand and secondly the lack of support from citizens. There were even some opponents of the march among the city inhabitants who kept chanting slogans hostile to the party, "RCD funeral procession, where were you before." The services of the province of Algiers had initially warned the citizens of the consequences of participating in such march which would be an affront to public order because of the state of emergency decreed in 1992 and which is still into force. |
| Posted by:Fred |