23/06/2019
Algeria arrests 18 protesters over Berber flag: lawyers
Algerian authorities on Sunday arrested 18 people who had brandished the Berber minority flag during an anti-government protest in Algiers despite a ban imposed by the military, their lawyers said. They were detained during a mass protest Friday by Algerians demanding a political overhaul in the country where veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in April after weeks of demonstrations against his rule. The suspects were accused of undermining national unity , lawyers Noureddine ......
