PARIS (Reuters) - France urged Algeria on Friday to respect the right to peaceful demonstrations and free expression after Algerian police stopped an opposition march this week ahead of presidential elections.
Large-scale protests are rare in Algeria where an elite of National Liberation Front (FLN) party veterans and army intelligence generals, known as "The Power", has called the shots since independence from France in 1962.
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