|
|
Article: Journalists in the front line. (Algeria)
- Article from:
- The Middle East
- Article date:
- February 1, 1995
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 IC Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
It is a cold December afternoon in Paris and the Sarah Bernhardt cafe is full of chilled protesters, fresh from the demonstration "pour la democracie en Algerie". Huddled over cafe au laits, small groups speak in hushed Maghrebian tones, discussing the implications of the "manifestation" in protest against the Islamists in Algeria, led for the moment by the Front Islamique du Salut (FIS). After a brief period of negotiation last autumn with the government, FIS leaders were placed under house arrest. But the authorities are no more popular with secular protesters than the likes of Abbasi Madani, the leader of FIS.
Thousands marched under ominously grey skies in a show ...