Clashes in Algeria as opposition plans new protest

[struggle4progress]

Source: AFP

By Beatrice Khadige (AFP) – 6 hours ago

ALGIERS — Hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators clashed with police in the eastern Algerian city of Annaba on Sunday, as the opposition announced another major anti-government rally next weekend ...

The next anti-government rally will be held February 19, said Mustepha Bouchahi of National Coordination for Change and Democracy (CNCD), an umbrella group of opposition parties, civil society movements and unofficial unions.

On Saturday an estimated 2,000 protesters in Algiers braved 30,000 riot police, defying a ban against demonstrations in the capital ...

The media offered a mixed review of Saturday's rallies, with the pro-reform daily Liberte topping its coverage with the headline: "Change is on its way" ...

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Thousands of Algerian protesters marched amid massive police presence in their nation's capital Saturday to demand the government's ouster, echoing the events in Egypt that ended the decades-long authoritarian rule of former President Hosni Mubarak. The Associated Press reports that some 10,000 protesters faced off against 30,000 riot police in the streets of Algers, according to estimates by protest organizers, although Algerian officials put the number of protesters at around 1,500 ...
In Algeria, police flood streets to prevent Egypt-style revolution
Egypt's revolutionary fervor has spread to Algeria, but protesters calling for the government's ouster were outnumbered three to one by police on Saturday.
By Arthur Bright, Correspondent / February 13, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2011/0213/In-Algeria-police-flood-streets-to-prevent-Egypt-style-revolution


WASHINGTON — The United States on Sunday called on Algerian security forces to show "restraint" during anti-government protests inspired by events in Egypt and neighboring Tunisia. The State Department said the rights of the Algerian people "must be respected," after demonstrators fed up with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's regime clashed with police Sunday, a day after 2,000 protesters were confronted by 30,000 riot police. "We note the ongoing protests in Algeria, and call for restraint on the part of the security services," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said in a statement ...
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
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[virtus_contagiosa]

1. Coming soon to an American city near you.

When will we get the balls to confront the thieves stealing our future, our livelihood, our happiness?

[Posteritatis]

3. Hahahaha. Ha. (nt)

[Tx4obama]

2. Here's a list of countries and upcoming protest dates

Bahrain - Monday February 14
Iran - Monday February 14
Libya - Thursday February 17
Algeria - Saturday February 19
Morrocco - Sunday February 20

Edited to add:
Protests 'this weekend': Algeria, Syria, Yemen, and Italy.

Anyone have additional countries that I may have missed?

[Adsos Letter]

4. Expect large-scale pre-emptive arrests in Algeria this week.

The government has already demonstrated a lack of any indulgence, and bloodily.