Yesterday Egypt, today Algeria | Karima Bennoune | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Yesterday Egypt, today Algeria | Karima Bennoune | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "In the wake of Friday's historic events in Cairo, over 1,000 peaceful demonstrators defied a ban on protests in Algiers on the Place de 1er Mai on Saturday. The goal of the National Coordination Committee for Change and Democracy, the organisers of what was supposed to have been a march to Martyr's Square, was to call for an end to the 19-year state of emergency, for democratic freedoms, and for a change in Algeria's political system. Invigorated by Cairo's great event, this Saturday in Algiers they chanted slogans like 'Djazair Horra Dimocratia' ('A free and democratic Algeria'), 'système dégage' ('government out') and indeed, 'Yesterday Egypt, today Algeria'."