source: El Watan (Algeria)
actor1: Protesters (Algeria)
actor2: Police Forces of Algeria (1999-2019)
location: Bejaia
notes: On 21 June several people protested in front of the court of justice in Bejaia on the day of the trial start. The demonstrators, members of the 'Comittee for the liberation of Merzoug Touati', call on the government to stop the unjust treatment of journalist Merzoug Touati who was imprisoned on grounds of having interviewed an Israeli diplomat. Berber people in the Kabylie believe that he was imprisoned because of his Berber origins. Police dispersed the protest and arrested 40 protesters without clashes and injuries.