Thousands of students on Tuesday joined a growing protest movement in Algeria against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, in response to calls posted by anonymous users on social media.
Hundreds of students demonstrated at the University of Algiers, many of them waving Algerian flags and shouting "No to a fifth term" and "Bouteflika get out".
University guards locked the gates of the main city centre campus to prevent students from spilling onto the streets.
Security forces, including riot police, deployed outside the campus and elsewhere in central Algiers while police vehicles were parked on roads leading to the university.
Groups of students from numerous campuses rallied in different neighborhoods before joining to form a march of thousands of people in the city centre.
A follow-up call for protests by a small opposition group drew hundreds in central Algiers Sunday, but they were met by a heavy police deployment and tear gas.
On Monday, around a hundred lawyers protested in court against a fifth term, waving placards that they were “with the people”.
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