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Judges join the protests against Bouteflika

Over a thou­sand judges are re­fus­ing to over­see the April 18 pres­i­den­tial elec­tions if cur­rent Pres­i­dent Ab­de­laziz Boute­flika, who has been in power since 1999, runs. This is the third week of protests across the coun­try against Boute­flika. The judges have re­leased a state­ment adding their voices to the protests and an­nounc­ing the cre­ation of a new as­so­ci­a­tion to “re­store the gift of jus­tice”.

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