Algeria: does the regime want to extinguish the Hirak?
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Demonstration of Hirak, "movement" in Algeria two years after Bouteflika's departure © REUTERS - Ramzi Boudina
By: Romain Auzouy
21 mins
In less than a month, on June 12, early legislative elections will be held in Algeria.
This election was called by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in the face of Hirak, this popular protest movement born in 2019 and which caused the fall of the former head of state Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Two years later, the Hirak is still there and the deep demands remain the same: to put an end to the old regime.
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What should we expect from these elections?
How can the Hirak evolve?
Is a dialogue possible with power?
Faced with an upsurge in repression, should we fear confrontation?
With our guest
Laetitia Bucaille
, professor of political sociology at INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations) and researcher at Cessma (Center for Social Science Studies on the African, American and Asian Worlds).
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