ALGIERS: Algerian police on Friday threw up a tight cordon around a key protest site, arresting dozens of demonstrators in the biggest show of force in 14 weeks of mass demonstrations.
Several hundred protesters gathered near the building, chanting:"Tired of the generals!""Gaid Salah resign!" It also noted a heavy presence of female police officers for the first time since the protests began.An activist with Algeria's Socialist Workers' Party wrote on Facebook that he was being held"with some 20 other citizens in a police van".
On Monday, he spoke out against the protesters' demands, saying calls for the departure of key members of the Bouteflika-era ruling circle were"unreasonable, even dangerous".
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