Monday, February 14, 2011

Algeria: several expressions of support in France

While a demonstration called by the Algerian opposition took place in a tense atmosphere in Algiers, Saturday, February 12, numerous rallies were held at the same time in France, both to celebrate the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak as to support the protest in Algeria. In Paris, where two rallies were held, one for Egypt, another to Algeria, about a thousand people attended.

Algerian writer Mohamed Kacimi, this site has drawn a clear parallel with Egypt. "What's happened in Egypt is extraordinary. Cairo has always been the locomotive of the Arab world, in all areas." "We're sick of this system, we want it to go away, testified For its part, Ali Akika, filmmaker, while being cautious about the chances of mounting a challenge in Algeria.

We lack the spontaneity of youth. The regime has a little leeway because he has a social basis with oil revenues, it can play on regionalism, the historical legitimacy. And we paid dearly for 20 years of violence with 150 000 deaths. " In Marseille, from the top of the Canebière, several hundred demonstrators marched toward the center to the cries of "power, murderers" and "generals, murderers" and behind a banner that read: "for a free and democratic Algeria ".

In Toulouse, from 320 persons by the police and 500 according to organizers marched "for democracy in Algeria." Many slogans put in parallel spells former Tunisian President Ben Ali, Mubarak and the Egyptian "Bouteflika ... soon." In Bordeaux, about fifty people gathered at the invitation of the League of Human Rights.

In Strasbourg, a hundred people, of French, Algerian and Tunisian gathered at the center of the city.

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