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Algerian courts use cover of pandemic to reverse protesters' gains

Reforms sought by Algeria's Harek, or mass movement, are "stillborn" as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Algerian protesters lift a banner that says "freedom for Khaled Drareni" during a weekly rally to call for the release of the jailed journalist and express support for press freedoms, in the capital, Algiers, on Oct. 12, 2020. — RYAD KRAMDI/AFP via Getty Images

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