Although protests successfully ended Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 20-year sultanistic rule a little over one year ago, demands have been continuing to dismantle the system, get rid of the old personnel, and institute democracy. The controversial election…
Read more from the source : Chatham House
Tags : Algeria, coronavirus, covid 19, pandemic,
For some authoritarians, the coronavirus tragedy has presented a golden opportunity to grab more power and trample rights. Hungary’s parliament has voted to allow Prime Minister Victor Orban to rule by decree indefinitely…
Read more from the source : Human rights watch
Tags : Algeria, protests, Hirak, pandemic,
Rights groups accuse some authoritarian governments of using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext to further limit free expression. But in the North African country of Algeria, the trend is partly going the other way. As brand names go, Radio Corona Internationale or RCI is probably in a league of its own. Launched last month on Facebook and Soundcloud…
Read more from the source : Liberia News
Tags : Algeria, pandemic, covid 19, radio corona,
From 7 March to 13 April, coinciding with the news of the spread of the COVID-19 in Algerian prisons, at least 20 activists in six cities were called in for questioning, arrested, held in pre-trial detention or sentenced on charges related to exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful protests. As for the press, on 27 March, police arrested Khaled Drareni…
Read more from the source : Focus on Africa
Tags : Algeria, Hirak, protests,
Algerian authorities must immediately unblock the news websites Interlignes, Maghreb Emergent, and Radiom, and ensure that all media outlets can publish online freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On April …
Read more from the source : Committee to Protecto Journalists
Tags : Algeria, Journalists, press,
GDP growth moderated to 0.9% in 2019, compared to 1.4% during the previous year. The oil sector has shown a lower average contraction in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the previous year (-4.3% against -6.4% in 2018)…
Read more fromù the source : The World Bank
Tags : Algeria, economy, oil,
The massive mobilization known as the Hirak (movement) which gathered millions of protesters in weekly demonstrations against the Algerian regime throughout 2019, underscores the strengths and weaknesses of both leaderless protests…
Read more from the source : Journal of Democracy
Tags : Algeria, democracy, Hirak, protests,
On February 22, 2019, history was made in Algeria and the country’s renowned revolutionary spirit was born again. A year later, Algerians marked 2020 in much the same conditions they welcomed 2019, with only the names of those…
Read more from the source : The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Tags : Algeria, coronavirus, covid 19,
Since 22 February 2019, thousands of Algerians have taken to the streets every Friday to demand a radical change to the political system and the establishment of a rule of law state. They were not deterred by the winter cold, the hardships of fasting or the summer heat. They were not taken in by the state’s manoeuvrings, nor were they convinced by the various offers it made…
Read more from the source : Arab Reform Initiative
Tags : Algeria, Hirak, protests,
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is just beginning to be felt in Algeria. Earlier this month, the government announced that the national budget would be slashed in half due to the global collapse of oil prices. Simultaneously, the much-discredited government is cynically manoeuvring to bury the popular Hirak movement under the cover of this healthcare…
Read more from the source : In Defence of Marxism
Tags : Algeria, covid 19, coronavirus, Hirak, protests,