Algeria pro-democracy Hirak movement regains momentum after year-long break
JURIST
MARCH 2, 2021
Protesters filled the streets of Algiers on Friday as the pro-democracy Hirak movement regained momentum after a year-long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hirak, meaning “movement” in Arabic, was formed in 2019 to oppose former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s run for a fifth term. The non-partisan movement aims for systemic change that includes judicial independence and the rule of law as well as the complete end of the old regime and of military interference in pol
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