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İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
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Protesters in Sudan showing solidarity with protesters in Algeria. Echoes from 2011, when the same slogans would show up in 5 or 6 countries.
h/t @koertdebeuf
Whoever says it's all over, the Arab Spring is dead, and the Arab masses are now docile and obedient subjects who have accepted authoritarian rule: Eat shit.
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Protests in Algeria, where 81-year old Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been president since 1999, is seeking reelection. "No to a fifth term" is what they're chanting.
Spot the free & fair elections:
1999: Bouteflika wins elections by 74%
2004: Bouteflika wins by 85%
2008: Bouteflika gets term limits removed
2009: Bouteflika wins by 90%
2014: Bouteflika wins by 82%
2019: Bouteflika, 81 years old and in a wheelchair, seeks another term
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