Six people were arrested Friday, February 11 in Algiers while attending a gathering to welcome the fall of Hosni Mubarak. A great event to "change the system" in Algeria is scheduled for Saturday in the capital. Shortly after announcing the resignation of the Egyptian President, dozens of activists of the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) gathered outside their headquarters in the heart of Algiers, to celebrate the victory of the Egyptian population.
They were immediately surrounded by hundreds of police who forced them to enter inside the party headquarters, while some shouted "We want the fall of the regime" or "After Mubarak, Bouteflika is." Before they were pushed into the seat, activists have been showing a little over an hour.
"There were six arrests," said an official of the RCD, Hacène Mezoued, who witnessed the scene. At least twenty-four hours a march from the National Coordination for Democracy and Change (CNDC), which claims the "departure of the system," the police reinforcements were deployed in large numbers in central Algiers.
The President of the RCD, Said Sadi, confirmed that the authorities "were trying to encircle the capital" to prevent any demonstrators from other regions to reach Algiers. "Trains are barred from Algiers and transport links are being blocked," he said. According to Said Sadi, the authorities decided to deploy 10,000 police officers in Algiers, in addition to the 20,000 already deployed Jan.
22 for walking RCD banned then blocked by the authorities. "Large amounts of tear gas canisters were unloaded in the night from Sunday to Monday in the port of Algiers," said Saadi. Mauretania on the square, less than a mile from the Place de la Concorde, the planned starting point of this demonstration, riot control vehicles have already taken a position, while many uniformed policemen roam the streets nearby.
Police roadblocks set up at entrances to the capital since suicide bombings in April and December 2007, claimed by Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb has also been strengthened. Capital markets have also been attacked, but by the people of Algiers. Residents fear an inventory shortage of food that could lead to a deterioration of the situation after the event. 
They were immediately surrounded by hundreds of police who forced them to enter inside the party headquarters, while some shouted "We want the fall of the regime" or "After Mubarak, Bouteflika is." Before they were pushed into the seat, activists have been showing a little over an hour.
"There were six arrests," said an official of the RCD, Hacène Mezoued, who witnessed the scene. At least twenty-four hours a march from the National Coordination for Democracy and Change (CNDC), which claims the "departure of the system," the police reinforcements were deployed in large numbers in central Algiers.
The President of the RCD, Said Sadi, confirmed that the authorities "were trying to encircle the capital" to prevent any demonstrators from other regions to reach Algiers. "Trains are barred from Algiers and transport links are being blocked," he said. According to Said Sadi, the authorities decided to deploy 10,000 police officers in Algiers, in addition to the 20,000 already deployed Jan.
22 for walking RCD banned then blocked by the authorities. "Large amounts of tear gas canisters were unloaded in the night from Sunday to Monday in the port of Algiers," said Saadi. Mauretania on the square, less than a mile from the Place de la Concorde, the planned starting point of this demonstration, riot control vehicles have already taken a position, while many uniformed policemen roam the streets nearby.
Police roadblocks set up at entrances to the capital since suicide bombings in April and December 2007, claimed by Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb has also been strengthened. Capital markets have also been attacked, but by the people of Algiers. Residents fear an inventory shortage of food that could lead to a deterioration of the situation after the event.
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