Saturday, February 19, 2011

Hundreds of police try to stop the demonstration in central Algeria

.- Hundreds of police try to stop in the streets adjacent to the Plaza del Primero de Mayo in central Algeria, the demonstrators begin a march to demand reforms in the power, according to Efe found. Algerian police attempts to disperse the gathering, which have formed three groups consisting of hundreds of people, and prevent them from reaching the square.

The protesters shouted "murderer power", "Down oppression" and other slogans against the regime and the Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika. According to sources told Efe of the Algerian League of Human Rights, has cut commuter train service in Algiers and installed roadblocks on highways to prevent "many" people arriving in the capital.

The president of the Algerian League of Human Rights, Buchachi Mustafa, told Efe that the police had so far prevented access to the Plaza del Primero de Mayo. However, the honorary president of the League, Ali Yahia Abdenur, 91, the most respected figure in the umbrella convener of the event, did manage to get near the place and now leads a group is trying to reach the square.

Abdenur felt that the place is taken by about 40 000 police officers. The National Coordinator for Change and Democracy, convener of the protest, is made up of civil society organizations, trade unions and some politicians.

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