Algeria opposition says to hold weekly rallies
Algerian opposition groups said on Sunday they would follow up the protest they held this weekend by calling a demonstration in the capital every Saturday until the government is changed.
Several hundred protesters, inspired by revolts which overthrew entrenched leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, defied a police ban and protested in Algiers on Saturday. But thousands of riot police blocked a planned march through the city. The coalition of civil society groups, some trade unionists and an opposition party which organized the rally decided to repeat the rally weekly on Saturdays and in the meantime to recruit more supporters to their cause. (Reuters)
