Opponent Karim Tabbou, one of the figures of the pro-democracy movement in Algeria, was released on Saturday after 24 hours of detention, without an explanation of the reasons for his arrest, his lawyer announced.
Politician Karim Tabbou has been released after being detained for 24 hours and is scheduled to appear (again, editor’s note) before police on May 4, announced his lawyer, Toufik Belala, on Facebook. The lawyer, who could not be reached, gave no further explanation.
On Saturday, the opponent’s brother, Djaffar, denounced his continued detention and the fact that Mr. Tabbou ay arrested arbitrarily and in a frightening manner, without giving him the right to contact his family or a lawyer.
What is power still at play, what is this new escalation responding to?also surprised the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) on Facebook.
Mr. Tabbou’s last public activity was his participation on Thursday in the funeral of Hirak activist Hakim Debbazi.
The death after two months of imprisonment of Mr. Debbazi, 55, has stirred emotion in Algeria.
In another publication on Saturday, the LADDH reiterated its request for an inquiry into the death of Mr. Debbazi. Ang LADDH still awaiting the truth about the circumstances of Debbazi’s death in prison.
In a Facebook post dated April 26, Mr. Tabbou blamed authorities for his death while incarcerated since late February for social media posts.
Physically dead, martyrs of just cause are more than aliveMr. Tabbou indicated in his publication, before adding: Of course the power remains and will remain the one and only responsible for his death..
Karim Tabbou, 47, served a year in prison in 2020 for threat to national securitybecause of a video on his party’s Facebook account in which he criticized military interference in political matters.
Head of a small opposition party not approved by the authorities, the Democratic and Social Union (UDS), he was one of Hirak’s most popular faces, marked by large demonstrations from February 2019 to early 2020.
According to the CNLD (National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees), about 300 people are still detained in Algeria in connection with Hirak or the defense of individual freedoms.
Source: Radio-Canada
