"The Government must loosen tight restrictions on assemblies and associations to bring laws and practice into conformity with the national Constitution and international human rights law", said Clément Voule, Special Rapporteur on the right to assembly, in a statement at the end of a 10-day official visit to Algeria. He was there as the country weighs ongoing reforms to bring legislation into line with the 2020 Constitution and the aspirations of what are known as the "Hirak demonstrations", which saw hundreds of thousands take to the streets across Algeria's major cities to protest every week for more than a year between 2019 and 2020.

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