Five thousand people gathered in the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherrata" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kherrata">Kherrata</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bejaia_Province" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bejaia Province">Bejaia Province</a> to mark the two year anniversary of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019–21_Algerian_protests" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2019–21 Algerian protests">Hirak protest movement</a>. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Algeria" id="mwATU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria">COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria</a>.<sup about="#mwt92" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_16#cite_note-16" id="mwATY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATc">[16]</span></a></sup>
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