The Algerian state of Chlef on Sunday sentenced two youths convicted of violating the country's integrity to two months' suspended sentence.
Algeria – .. The lawyer of the two youths Abo Boualem, in contact with the agency, ".", that the state court Chlef condemned two young men for two months in custody suspended after they were arrested during Friday prayers with Amazigh flags.
"The prosecutor of the republic, in the same court, asked during the trial session this morning to impose the sentence of five years' imprisonment with a fine of 100 million centimes (about 5260 dollars) against the youths on charges of" harming the integrity of the nation's unity " Marches in the country during the past weeks, and the defense has appealed the ruling.
The conviction comes at a time when the National Commission for Dialogue and Mediation, which was received by the head of state Abdul Qader Yen Saleh, released prisoners of conscience as a necessary condition before embarking on dialogue.
Dozens of young people, especially in Al-Harrach prison in Algiers, are waiting to be tried on the same charges after being arrested during the marches with Amazigh banners.
On June 30, the Algerian authorities ordered 16 people to be held in temporary custody after lifting Amazigh flags during months of protests against former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the transitional authorities currently running the country.
At the time, the investigating judge at the Sidi Amhamed court in the capital ordered 16 detainees to be held in temporary custody, "on charges of violating national unity," lawyer Aouisha Bakhti confirmed in remarks to reporters.
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