Algeria (Riot) Police Deployed Ahead Of (Saturday's) Banned Democracy Rally

[Turborama]

Source: BBC

Riot police have been deployed in the centre of the Algerian capital, Algiers, ahead of a planned anti-government rally. The government has banned the protest, but opposition and rights groups say they intend to go ahead with the march.

Algeria - like other countries in the region - has recently witnessed demonstrations for greater freedoms.

On Friday, police stopped people from gathering to celebrate the fall of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. The BBC's Chloe Arnold in Algiers say the authorities want to avert any popular uprising similar to those in Tunisia and Egypt.

"We are ready for the march," Mohsen Belabes, a spokesman for the small Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) opposition party, said.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12438015?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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Related OP from 01/07/11 with excellent article & additional links: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x132129">The Moor Next Door: More On Riots, Protests In North Africa (Why They Are Historically Important)

Next domino...

[jobycom]

1. Some very nervous dictators in the world tonight... nt

[shellgame26]

2. yup

It is time.

[Tx4obama]

3. Here's a Al Jazeera article link

Algeria opposition to hold protest
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/201121235130627461.html

[Turborama]

4. "around 10,000 police officers were coming in to reinforce the 20,000 that blocked the last demo"

Said Sadi, head of the RCD, said earlier that he expected around 10,000 police officers were coming in to reinforce the 20,000 that blocked the last demonstration staged on January 22, when five people were killed and more than 800 hurt.

I'm all over the place, what with http://twitter.com/#!/DUTurborama">my new Twitter account obsession and constantly uploading vids to http://www.youtube.com/user/Naskeleng?feature=mhum">my YouTube channel I totally missed this. AJE have been covering Algeria really well since the uprising started there.

Thanks for the link!

:hi:

[sabrina 1]

5. From Wael Ghonim, the Egytian Google Exec, to the people of Algeria:

@Ghonim
Wael Ghonim
My heart and prayers to the Algerian brothers and sisters. #Jan25 #Algeria

He is such an incredible guy, so humble and unwilling to take any credit for what happened in Egypt.

Algerian Bullies need to know that that the world is watching them now.

Down with Dictators and Authoritarian Bullies everywhere!

:kick:

Yemen, Algeria, and next I hope, Saudi Arabia!