A solidarity rally was organized yesterday for a good part of the day, in solidarity with the activists presented in front of the prosecutor at the court of Sidi M’hamed.
All the Hirakists arrested on Friday and presented yesterday before the prosecutor of the Sidi M’hamed court in Algiers have been released and placed under judicial supervision. Thus, the student Abdenour Aït Saïd of the USTHB of Bab Ezzouar, arrested Friday and presented yesterday before the examining magistrate near the court of Sidi M’hamed in Algiers, regained his freedom yesterday, but he was placed under judicial review, Liberty learned from his lawyers.
Presented before the public prosecutor, the six Hirak militants, prosecuted for “inciting unarmed assembly” and “rebellion”, saw their cases transferred to the investigating judge in the middle of the afternoon.
The first to be released is Nabil Bousekkine, arrested for wearing the Amazigh emblem. He will appear on April 28 in direct summons, defense lawyers say. “Nabil Bousekkine was beaten up and manhandled during his arrest on Friday at the Algiers march, and traces of police violence are visible during his presentation to the prosecutor”, reported the National Committee for the release of detainees (CNLD ). Youssef Abdessamie and Boualamidi Lamouri were also released, after having also been presented before the examining magistrate in Algiers, according to the same sources.
A solidarity rally was organized near the Sidi M’hamed court, heavily guarded by the police, in the middle of the morning. Students from the University of Bab Ezzouar chanted slogans denouncing the arrest of their comrade Abdenour Aït Saïd, supported by dozens of citizens, demanding the release of the young student and other demonstrators arrested at the end of the march on Friday in Algiers.
Students and teachers also organized another rally inside the USTHB of Bab Ezzouar in solidarity with their comrade, at the same time boycotting the exams scheduled for the day yesterday. Also arrested on Friday, then released in the evening, Nazim Ferhi, son of the late activist Hamid Ferhi, was finally released by the police who summoned him to report yesterday to the Cavaignac police station where he was questioned in the police station. morning.
“The legal proceedings against Nazim were quashed at the police station. Nazim is free, ”his mother Nadjet Ferhi said on Facebook. In the wilaya of El-Bayadh, Ayoub Chahetou was placed under arrest warrant and his trial postponed until April 4. He is accused of “destruction of public property of the State”, asserts his defense.
As for Nasreddine Hamitou, he was released on bail, according to his lawyers. He is being prosecuted for “carrying a knife”, according to the same sources. The two demonstrators were arrested Friday, during the weekly march, and placed in police custody, before their performance, yesterday, in court.
As a reminder, more than a hundred demonstrators were arrested on Friday in Algiers and in several other cities of the country, where the police tried to prevent the conduct of the Friday marches, which have gradually resumed since February 22, after almost a year. shutdown, because of the health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. But most of those arrested were released the same day or the next morning.
