Hirak (Algeria): Difference between revisions

The '''2019–2021 Algerian protests''', also called '''Revolution of Smiles'''<ref name="Meddi">{{cite web|author=Adlène Meddi|website=[[Le Point]]|language=fr|title=Algérie, les 4 pièges à éviter pour la "révolution du sourire"|trans-title=Algeria, the 4 traps to avoid for the "smile revolution"|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/algerie-les-4-pieges-a-eviter-pour-la-revolution-du-sourire-15-03-2019-2301261_24.php|date=15 March 2019|access-date=16 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326001528/https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/algerie-les-4-pieges-a-eviter-pour-la-revolution-du-sourire-15-03-2019-2301261_24.php|archive-date=26 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Sourire>{{cite news|newspaper=HuffPost Maghreb|author=Myriam Belkaïd|title=La révolution du sourire, Acte 1, scène 4|trans-title=The Smile Revolution, Act 1, Scene 4|url=https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/entry/la-revolution-du-sourire-acte-i-scene-4_mg_5c9097dde4b071a25a861aff|date=19 March 2019|access-date=2 April 2019|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085851/https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/entry/la-revolution-du-sourire-acte-i-scene-4_mg_5c9097dde4b071a25a861aff|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> or '''Hirak Movement''' (Arabic{{lang-ar|rtl=yes|1=الحِرَاك|links=|lit=The for 'movement')|translit=al-Ḥirāk}},<ref>{{cite news|title=26th Friday Protest Marches Reiterate Main Hirak Movement's Demands|url=http://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/30521-26th-friday-protest-marches-reiterate-main-hirak-movement-s-demands|newspaper=[[Algeria Press Service]]|date=16 August 2019|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824102431/http://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/30521-26th-friday-protest-marches-reiterate-main-hirak-movement-s-demands|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> began on 16 February 2019,<ref name="LeMonde_Kherrata_16Feb" /><ref name="AlgPat_Kherrata_16Feb" /> six days after [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement. These protests, without precedent since the [[Algerian Civil War]], were peaceful and led the military to insist on Bouteflika's immediate resignation, which took place on 2 April 2019.<ref name="Carnegie_Tlemçani" /> By early May, a significant number of power-brokers close to the deposed administration, including the former president's younger brother [[Saïd Bouteflika|Saïd]], had been arrested.<ref name="DW">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/algeria-said-bouteflika-and-two-spy-chiefs-arrested/a-48604645|title=Algeria: Said Bouteflika and two spy chiefs arrested|publisher=DW|date=4 May 2019|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526015417/https://www.dw.com/en/algeria-said-bouteflika-and-two-spy-chiefs-arrested/a-48604645|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="awsat">{{Cite web|url=https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1709101/algeria-military-judge-orders-arrest-bouteflika%E2%80%99s-brother|title=Algeria Military Judge Orders Arrest of Bouteflika's Brother|publisher=Asharq Al-Awsat|date=5 May 2019|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526015417/https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1709101/algeria-military-judge-orders-arrest-bouteflika%25E2%2580%2599s-brother|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>