An Algiers court has acquitted prominent protest movement activist Fodil Boumala. Boumala was released on Sunday after fives months in “arbitrary detention” following accusations of “undermining national territorial integrity,” according to one of his defense lawyers. The ‘Hirak’ protest movement was a popular initiative which emerged in February of 2019 against corruption and demanded then president Abdelaziz Bouteflika abandon a bid for a fifth term in office. The activist’s friends ...