2 Algerian journalists arrested for publishing video showing businesswomen protesting

2 Algerian journalists arrested for publishing video showing businesswomen protesting

According to reports by the Associated Press Algerian authorities arrested two journalists for publishing a video showing businesswomen protesting how they were treated at a government-sponsored event. Sofiane Ghirous and Ferhat Omar of the news website “Algerie Scoop” were detained last week for broadcasting material authorities claimed, “constituted incitement and hate speech,” according to a statement from the National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees, a local watchdog group, on Saturday.

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