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Algeria: Petition to #FreeYacine Zaid, Human Rights Activist

Posted 3 October 2012 9:17 GMT

Written byRakotomalala

Countries	Algeria
Topics	Breaking News, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Law, Protest, Digital Activism
Languages	Arabic, French

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Español	· Argelia: Petición para liberar a Yacine Zaid, activista de derechos humanos
Français	· Algérie : Une pétition #FreeYacine Zaid pour la libération de Yacine Zaid

Yougourthen AYAD has started an online petition [fr] to demand that Yacine Zaid, a human rights activist be set free after he was arrested by the police in Ouargla, Algeria [fr] on October, 2nd. Yacine Zaid was allegedly hit on the face and the neck when taken. He is accused of contempt and resisting arrest [fr].

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