11/10/2019

Massive protests in Algeria capital despite new arrests

Huge crowds of Algerians demonstrated against the political establishment in the capital on Friday and denounced the arrest the previous day of a leading figure of a months-long protest movement. Abdelouahab Fersaoui, who heads the civic group Youth Action Rally (RAJ), was arrested on Thursday during a protest in support of detainees. We have had no other news of him since Thursday afternoon when he phoned to say he was being held in a police station, Said Salhi, vice president of the Al ......
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