ALGIERS — An Algiers court on Sunday sentenced an
opposition figure to two years behind bars on charges including insulting the
president, a prisoners' rights group said.
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Fethi Ghares, coordinator of the small leftist Democratic
and Social Movement party, was arrested in late June and his house was
searched.
The 47-year-old was sentenced "to two years in prison
and a fine of 200,000 dinars (over $1,400)", the
CNLD rights group said.
Ghares was prosecuted over charges including "harming
the person of the president of the republic", Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and
"spreading information that could harm national unity" and public
order, it added.
He is expected to appeal.
A figure from
Algeria's secular leftist opposition, Ghares
in 2019 joined the pro-democracy Hirak movement — mass protests that swept
veteran president
Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power.
The long-running movement still demands the overhaul of
Algeria's political system.
More than 200 people are currently behind bars in relation
to the Hirak, according to the CNLD.
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