Algeria arrests senior leaders of Islamic Salvation Front

Algerian security services arrested three senior officials of the Islamic Salvation Front on Sunday, after they warned that blocks were being put in place by officials which would cause a threat to the security and stability of the country.

Local sources said the detainees are political activist and movement’s spokesperson, Ali Bin Hajar, the prominent Islamic thinker, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Zawi, and political activist Saadi Mabrouk.

The movement recently issued a statement titled “Frames of the Authentic Front,” in which it called on authority to engage in dialogue and stop human rights violations.

A leader of the Islamic Salvation Front, Sheikh Ali Belhaj, considered the arrests “unjustified”, and called for the men’s immediate release.

“Brother Ali Bin Hajar, Al-Zawi, and brother Saadi are all members of the Islamic Salvation Front, who had been elected into their positions,” he added.

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