In Algeria, an opposition leader has withdrawn from the upcoming presidential, as several candidates criticise the “unjust” conditions and an anti-democratic legislative framework. “The Workers’ Party cannot participate in an electoral process that does not guarantee complete freedom to stand without exclusion and denies citizens the right to freely choose,” said Louisa Hanoune, leader of the Algerian Workers’ Party (Trotskyist), on 13 July. Hanoune, a prominent opposition figure in the North African state, was detained in May 2019 during the height of the Hirak uprising and was accused of con…