Algeria jails four senior officials from the ruling elite
The move is an effort to quell ongoing mass street protests demanding that the old guard move out
25 September 2019 - 14:35
Algiers — On Wednesday, Algeria jailed its once-untouchable spy chief and three other figureheads of the ruling elite as the army seeks to quell mass protests demanding a purge of old power brokers.
The military court in Blida, south of Algiers, issued 15-year terms for “conspiring against the army” and against “the authority of the state” to Mohamed Mediène, Bachir Tartag, Saïd Bouteflika and Louisa Hanoune, giving them 10 days to appeal...
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