Hundreds demonstrated in the Bejaia court in northeastern Algeria on Wednesday, to demand the release of three activists in the protest movement, while their trial session was postponed until July 1, according to identical sources.
Today's marches are in the city of Bejaia, the largest since the suspension of the movement due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
The demonstrators raised various slogans of the popular movement in Algeria, demanding the lifting of restrictions on activists and the release of detainees, including media activist Marzouq Touati, Ammar Al-Beiri and Anis Ajila.
"The trial of Marzouq Touati, Anis Ajila and Ammar El-Berry was postponed to July 1 after it was expected on Wednesday," Said Salhi, deputy head of the Algerian League for Human Rights, told AFP.
Salehi explained that two support demonstrations were organized in Bejaia, a city in the Kabylie region, one in front of the court and the other in the city center.
The three activists were arrested last Friday while trying to organize a gathering of supporters of detainees in Algeria, and the police quickly repressed them, and an order to imprison them was issued.
The authorities have been preventing gatherings since mid-March, due to the crisis of the "Covid 19" epidemic.
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The three activists face charges of "inciting unarmed gatherings," publishing "leaflets that harm the national interest," and "endangering the lives of others in a quarantine period."
It is noteworthy that Marzouq Touati is a blogger and journalist for the left-wing news website "Lavangard Aljiri", who was withheld in Algeria last month. He was previously arrested for demonstrating, while Anis Ajahleh and Ammar Al-Birri are active in the movement.
There are currently 70 activists for the movement in prison, most of whom have been arrested for posting on Facebook, according to the latest toll from the National Committee for the Release of Detainees.