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schema:articleBody	The United Nations on Friday voiced concern about an increasing crackdown on a pro-democracy protest movement in Algeria, highlighting hundreds of arrests in recent weeks and torture allegations. UN rights office spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters the rights situation was deteriorating and criticised the "continued and increasing crackdown on members of the pro-democracy Hirak movement". The rights office, he said, was urging Algerian authorities to free all those arbitrarily detained, stop using violence against peaceful protesters and cease arbitrary arrests. The office had "reliable information" indicating that hundreds of people had been detained since street protests resumed on February 13, after months of being forced online because of the pandemic. The Hirak protest movement broke out in February 2019 in outrage at Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth presidential term. The ageing leader was forced to step down weeks later, but the movement continued with twice-weekly demonstrations demanding sweeping reforms. Colville warned that the latest developments echoed the reaction to the demonstrations in 2019 and 2020, when at least 2,500 people were detained. "Vaguely worded provisions of the Algerian penal code are being used to unduly restrict freedom of expression and prosecute people expressing dissenting opinions," he warned, calling on authorities to repeal legal provisions being misused in this way. A number of journalists have been arrested for covering or reporting on the protest movement, he said, adding that 16 independent online media outlets known for critical reporting had been blocked. At the same time, criminal prosecution of activists, students, journalists, bloggers and ordinary citizens had also continued, he said. Colville said the rights office had received credible reports that some 1,000 people had been prosecuted for participating in the Hirak movement or for social media posts critical of the government. "We have also received allegations of torture and ill-treatment in detention, including sexual violence," he said. The UN is calling for the authorities to promptly and impartially investigate all allegations of torture and other abuse in detention and hold perpetrators accountable. nl/rjm/jxb
schema:headline	Algeria must stop protest crackdown, says UN
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