HRW: Algeria should rescind ban on protests in capital city

[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Monday expressed concern [press release] about Algerian authorities suppressing demonstrations in the weeks leading up to the Algerian elections. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika [official profile, in French] is running for a fourth term, and the crackdown on protests appears to focus [UPI report] on demonstrators opposing Bouteflika's election to a fourth five-year term. Demonstrations in Algeria's capital city, Algiers, have been banned since 2001. However, numerous measures [APS report] have been taken...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/03/hrw-algeria-should-rescind-ban-on-protests-in-capital-city.php

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