Algeria jails pro-democracy Hirak poet for five years on terrorism charges

Algeria on Tuesday jailed pro-democracy activist Mohamed Tadjadit for five years on terrorism charges, in what human right groups have called an “alarming signal’ for human rights in the country. Known for his public poetry readings during Algeria’s 2019 Hirak movement, Tadjadit has been imprisoned multiple times by the Algerian authorities.

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