Algeria: Dismissed policemen ask for presidential amnesty

Dismissed policemen who staged a sit-in in Algiers on Sunday refused to be received by the national police chief Abdelghani Hamel asking for a written decision to reintegrate them.

• More than 500 dismissed policemen staged a sit-in in the Place des Martyrs asking for reintegration in the form of a presidential amnesty as part of the National Reconciliation.
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• They also asked for financial compensation for their anti-terrorism acts in 1992-2002 and accommodations provided with the job for married policemen.
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• The protesters raised slogans condemning injustice and oppression while other slogans called on President Bouetflika to give them their rights as part of a “national reconciliation for every one.”