Crackdown on Dissent in Algeria
Students detained amid crackdown on Hirak movement in Algeria and other stories
Today we look at the crackdown on student-led Hirak protests in Algeria, the student workers’ strike at NYU in the US, and more
Algerian Hirak movement activist Karim Tabbou released on probation following arrest
Karim Tabbou was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a complaint filed against him for allegedly misbehaving with a government official in public. He was subsequently charged on eight counts including slander
Algerian Supreme Court overturns conviction of journalist Khaled Drareni, orders retrial
Drareni was arrested last year in March and was detained without charge or trial while he was covering the Hirak protests in the country. He was charged with “inciting an unarmed gathering” and “endangering national unity”
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