MEDIAWATCH - Algerian election: Bouteflika votes in wheelchair

2014-04-17 25

The image that has dominated social media of today's Algerian election is ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casting his vote in a wheelchair. Derision of the president on social media is widespread, showing a changing media landscape where young people are increasingly free to express their discontent publicly. Also, an Iranian man is pardoned moments before his public execution.



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