Hirak in Algeria: a year of peaceful protest

Demonstration against the regime in Algiers, December 24, 2019. REUTERS / Ramzi Boudina

By: Eric Bataillon

On February 22, 2019, outraged by the prospect of a fifth term of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerians went out en masse in the streets of Algiers and major cities of the country in protest.

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A year later, to the day, they are still there. Every Friday, and even every Tuesday in Algiers for the students, they parade, they protest, they contest and demand, unchangingly, peacefully, the change of regime.

Guests:
Mustapha Benfodil is a journalist at El Watan , he testifies.
And Akram Belkaïd , a daily columnist for Oran, analyzes the movement and what could emerge from it.

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