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The Algerian Hirak Between Mobilization and Imprisonment - An Interview with Hakim Addad
Students shout slogans during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, March 19, 2019. Zohra Bensemra/ReutersHakim Addad
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The Algerian Hirak Between Mobilization and Imprisonment - An Interview with Hakim Addad

Hakim Addad has been a political activist in Algeria for decades. In this interview with Thomas Serres he discusses the increasing repression of peaceful demonstrators under President Tebboune, the positive role of a new generation of activists in the Hirak movement, his arrests and imprisonment and
Thomas Serres • 14 min read
The Algerian Hirak Between Mobilization and Imprisonment - An Interview with Hakim Addad
Students shout slogans during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, March 19, 2019. Zohra Bensemra/ReutersHakim Addad
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The Algerian Hirak Between Mobilization and Imprisonment - An Interview with Hakim Addad

Hakim Addad has been a political activist in Algeria for decades. In this interview with Thomas Serres he discusses the increasing repression of peaceful demonstrators under President Tebboune, the positive role of a new generation of activists in the Hirak movement, his arrests and imprisonment and
Thomas Serres • 14 min read