Some participants in the demonstration taped their mouths and wore orange dresses to remind them of the uniform in prisons. They wore handcuffs and portraits of political prisoners.
“Anyone can be arrested, minors, media professionals, doctors and students,” criticized a demonstrator who had traveled from Paris. “Today we think of the prisoners who are subjected to violence. It is difficult to speak your mind in Algeria. That is why we are something like the ambassadors of the Hirak protest movement. “
Several demonstrators came from France, Belgium and Italy. One speaker called for a civilian government to be created in Algeria instead of a military one. Others criticized the “deafening silence” of the international community, while human rights were mocked. “Release the hostages,” they chanted.