Algiers - An Algerian shoe vendor who sold footwear bearing his country's flag has been booted into prison for three years for insulting the national emblem. The 47-year-old man, who ran a store in ...

Five demonstrators who brandished a Berber flag during recent Algerian anti-government demonstrations accused of “undermining national unity” were acquitted in a court in Algiers on Wednesday ...

Twenty-two Algerian demonstrators were handed one-year jail sentences on Tuesday for "undermining national unity" by bearing the Berber minority's flag during anti-regime protests, a prisoners' rights ...

The emblem on the flag is the national coat of arms, which consists of two crossed daggers and a belt, and dates back to the mid-18th century, when it was adopted as a royal crest by the Said dynasty.

The trial of a Moroccan protester who broke into the compound of Algeria's consulate in Casablanca and tore down the country's flag during a diplomatic row was adjourned on Thursday until November ...