2021-02-22 | By middleeastmonitor | 76 Hits

Thousands of demonstrators defied a heavy police presence in Algiers today for a march to mark the second anniversary of a mass protest movement that convulsed Algeria before the COVID19 pandemic forced it off the streetsReutersreport ed Chanting quotA civilian state not a military statequot quotEnough is enoughquot and quotThe people want independencequot protesters walked through the centre of the capital waving national flags watched by large numbers of police Some of the protesters hope to revive the twiceweekly protests >>READ MORE