Le 14 décembre, Lyes Touati, le militant socialiste internationaliste, figure de proue du mouvement populaire de 2019 (Hirak) et du combat écologique, entre autres ; membre dirigeant du Parti socialiste des travailleurs (PST), est arrêté une fois de plus près de chez lui dans la localité d'Aokas.
Le juge d'instruction de Bejaia a ordonné son placement en détention provisoire à la prison d'Oued Ghir. Il est poursuivi sur la base de l'article 87 bis du code pénal pour une prétendue « (…)

Lyes Touati, a member of the Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs (PST), was arrested yesterday in Aokas (Algeria) and remanded in custody. We do not know the reasons for his arrest or the charges against him.
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His arrest follows long-standing police harassment. In particular, he was sentenced to 6 months in prison and fined 10,000 Algerian dinars for posting a quotation from La Boétie on Facebook: ‘They are only great because we are on our knees'. He is also (…)

On 14 December, Lyes Touati, the internationalist socialist activist, figurehead of the 2019 popular movement (Hirak) and the environmental struggle, among others; leading member of the Socialist Workers' Party (PST), was arrested once again near his home in the town of Aokas.
The Bejaia examining magistrate ordered that he be remanded in Oued Ghir prison. He is being prosecuted under Article 87 bis of the Criminal Code for alleged ‘links with the MAK'. He faces between 5 and 10 years' (…)