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Algerian Activist Amira Bouraoui pictured above.

Prominent Algerian Activist Amira Bouraoui Sentenced to Year in Prison.

Photo by Nacerdine ZEBAR/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

Prominent Algerian Activist Amira Bouraoui Sentenced to Year in Prison

Active in the Hirak protests which forced former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign, Amira Bouraoui has been sentenced to jail for 'insulting' current President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.