Supporters Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) are dispersed, Saturday, Jan. 22, after being blocked for six hours by a police cordon in front of party headquarters in Algiers, but the president of the RCD, Said Sadi, a 42 supporters deplored injured, the parliamentary leader of the RCD, Othmane Amazouz."There were 42 wounded, two two seriously. All were hospitalized," said Sadi, adding that "there were also many arrests" among the protesters. Clashed outside the headquarters of the training some 300 people to several dozen policemen with truncheons, tear gas and shields plexiglass. Seven policemen were also wounded, including two in serious condition, according to news agency APS.
Police for its part announced five arrests. The Arabic daily Ennahar also said his photographer assigned to cover the event had "been seriously wounded in the head and shoulder (...) after receiving a chair thrown by a supporter of the RCD from a window on the first floor of the headquarters of this party.
" "We decided to waive the objection and prepare for future events. And the power sent provocateurs who chanted the name of Bouteflika," said Mohammed Khendek, MP RCD. Shortly before the end of the event, thirty young people have indeed improvised a cons-demonstration opposite the headquarters of the RCD, shouting "Bouteflika Bouteflika" and chanting slogans against the president of the party, Said Sadi.
These protesters were dipersés by the brigades of riot police who have also reduced the police presence around the headquarters of the RCD. The Algiers authorities had banned the "demonstration for democracy," under a state of emergency in force since 1992 but had kept the RCD. His supporters were from the Place de la Concorde, the former site of the May 1st, to the headquarters of the National People's Congress.
"The prohibition of peaceful marches framed by parties and civil society is pushing for an explosion," warned Saturday the president of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH) Mostefa Bouchachi. "Three weeks ago, authorities said that the young rioters could claim a peaceful manner and when a political party wants to take a walk it is forbidden to him," railed Mr Bouchachi.
The riots of January 4 to 9, mostly led by young people against the high cost of living, have left five dead, over 800 injured and extensive damage in several cities. On Friday, the LADDH, four independent unions, the RCD and the other opposition party Socialist Forces Front (FFS Hocine Ait Ahmed) had announced the creation of "a national coordination for democracy." Open to other celebrities, she should meet again next Friday to discuss the "preparation of the march on 9 February", the anniversary of the proclamation of a state of emergency in Algeria in 1992, in order to request the waiver, said Bouchachi.
According to a statement released Saturday afternoon, the FFS should not however join the march.
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