2020 in Algeria

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Events from 2020 in Algeria.

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Events
  • January 28 – Human Rights Watch denounces the arrests of dozens of peaceful dissidents since the presidential election on December 12, 2019.[1]
  • January 30 – Defense forces announce the arrest of a man planning a suicide attack against peaceful protesters.[2]
  • February 3 – Tunisian President Kais Saied visits Algeria in his first trip outside the country.[3]
  • February 14 – Thousands of Algerians march against corruption and military participation in politics.[4]
  • February 25 – First confirmed case of coronavirus in Algeria, an Italian male.[5]
  • March 12 –Schools are locked due to coronavirus spread. Five new cases of COVID-19, including one death.[6]
  • May 14 – Algeria summons Morocco's ambassador to Algiers in protest against when the Moroccan consul in Oran purportedly referred to Algeria as an "enemy country."[7]
  • May 20 – Soheib Debaghi, Larbi Tahar, and Boussif Mohamed are sentenced to tough jail terms after Facebook posts are ruled potentially damaging to the national interest.[8]
  • May 28 – Algeria recalls its ambassador to France for consultations after French public television aired documentaries on the anti-government protest movement, one of which contained shots of young people kissing and drinking alcohol.[9]
  • June 2 – Opposition leaders of the 2019–2020 Algerian protests, Karim Tabbou and Samir Benlarbi, will soon be freed. "President Abdelmadjid Tebboune assured me that he would use his constitutional prerogative to ensure that Tabbou and Benlarbi regain their freedom," Sosiane Djilali of the Jil Jadid party told AFP news agency.[10]

Deaths

See also

References
  1. Algeria: Post Election Repression Human Rights Watch, 28 Jan 2020
  2. Algeria captures man planning suicide attack - defence ministry Reuters Africa News, 30 Jan 2020
  3. Tunisian president arrives in Algeria on his first trip abroad Middle East Monitor, 3 Feb 2020
  4. "Algerians keep up protests a year after demonstrations began". Reuters. Feb 14, 2020.
  5. Algerian health minister confirms first COVID-19 case Africa Times, 25 Feb 2020, retrieved 30 Mar 2020
  6. Coronavirus: first death in Algeria, two new wilayas affected (in French) TSA, 12 Mar 2020, retrieved 30 Mar 2020
  7. "Algeria summons Moroccan ambassador over 'enemy country' remark". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  8. "Algeria hands tough jail terms to three opposition activists". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  9. "Algeria recalls envoy to France over public TV documentaries". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  10. "Algeria to release two leaders of Hirak protest movement". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  11. L’ex ministre des affaires étrangères Mohamed Salah Dembri n’est plus ! Archived 2020-01-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  12. Morto a 99 anni Jean Daniel, il fondatore dell'Obs: "Una lunga vita di passione, impegno e creazione" (in Italian)
  13. Mort de Pierre Bénichou, ancien dirigeant de « L’Obs » et chroniqueur des « Grosses Têtes » (in French)
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