Thirty thousand policemen prevented, for a day, that the wave of change in Arab Africa parked in Algeria. More than three thousand people called by the opposition in the Algerian capital to ask for a "regime change" and will require the country's leaders as happened in Tunisia and Egypt, were blocked by riot police.
Helmets and shields prevented a march in the capital, Algiers, which reached four kilometers from the Place de la Concorde and the Place des Martyrs. Against the demonstrators, some barely 40 young people, were to shout their support for the Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power since 1999.
In this North African country of nearly 35 million people, the United States considers "an important ally in the fight against terrorism remains a prolonged state of emergency, in force since 1992 - and banned protests in Algiers. However, the repeated warnings from the Government that had not been ignored street rallies in the cities of Oran and Annaba.
Police infiltrators among the people arrested union leaders, as activists reported. Those arrested were about 400. The march was organized by the Coordination for Democratic Change in Algeria, a center that brings together human rights organizations, activists, trade unionists, lawyers and others. 
Helmets and shields prevented a march in the capital, Algiers, which reached four kilometers from the Place de la Concorde and the Place des Martyrs. Against the demonstrators, some barely 40 young people, were to shout their support for the Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power since 1999.
In this North African country of nearly 35 million people, the United States considers "an important ally in the fight against terrorism remains a prolonged state of emergency, in force since 1992 - and banned protests in Algiers. However, the repeated warnings from the Government that had not been ignored street rallies in the cities of Oran and Annaba.
Police infiltrators among the people arrested union leaders, as activists reported. Those arrested were about 400. The march was organized by the Coordination for Democratic Change in Algeria, a center that brings together human rights organizations, activists, trade unionists, lawyers and others.
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