THOUSANDS of people demonstrated yesterday in the Algerian town of Kherrata to voice support for the Hirak protest movement that ousted Algeria's veteran president in 2019 before the COVID-19 crisis forced it off the streets last year. More than 5,000 protesters chanted: "A civilian state, not a military state" and "The gang must go" as they waved Algerian flags. Tuesday's protest was held to mark the second anniversary of the start of demonstrations in 2019, which began in Kherrata, east of the capital Algiers, before spreading across the country. "We came to revive the Hirak that was stopped for health…