Algeria: End Public Assembly Ban in Algiers - Using 2001 Decree, Police Block Protest March

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Washington, DC — The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, Human Rights Watch said today.

A force of several hundred police officers was deployed to the center of Algiers on the morning of March 19, 2011, to drive back several dozen demonstrators. The police have routinely used a June 2001 decree to block demonstrations in Algiers.

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