Six years after the Hirak, the use of the hashtag #Manich_Radi can be held in prison

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Six years after the Hirak, the use of the hashtag #Manich_Radi can be held in prison

On February 22, 2019, the Algerian Hirak began. Six years later, Algerian society was poised under the lack of freedom. "Middle East Eye!" tells how a simple hashtag, #Manich_Radi, "I'm not satisfied," widely shared on social networks, sent ordinary citizens to prison. Similarly, journalists and activists are subject to repression. The fear of a return of the Hirak remains alive among the Algerian authorities.