Algeria Police Protests

Hundreds of protesters thronged the grounds of the presidential palace recently, demanding a better life. Algeria has seen many demonstrations like this one in its tumultuous modern history, but this time something was different: The marchers were the police usually in charge of crowd control.

Thousands of Algerians defied a government ban on protests and a massive deployment of riot police to rally in the capital on Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after similar protests toppled Egypt's authoritarian leader.Heavily armed police tried to seal off the city of Algiers, blocking streets, lining up along the march route and setti...

Hundreds of protesters thronged the grounds of the presidential palace recently, demanding a better life. Algeria has seen many demonstrations like this one in its tumultuous modern history, but this time something was different: The marchers were the police usually in charge of crowd control.

Thousands of Algerians defied a government ban on protests and a massive deployment of riot police to rally in the capital on Saturday, demanding democratic reforms a day after similar protests toppled Egypt's authoritarian leader.Heavily armed police tried to seal off the city of Algiers, blocking streets, lining up along the march route and setti...