Rabat, March 6 -- The US and the EU have called on Algerian authorities to respect citizens' rights to peacefully protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's re-election.

On Tuesday, in Washington, D.C., the US State Department's deputy spokesperson, Robert Palladino, told journalists, "The United States supports the Algerian people and their right to peacefully assemble."

"We're monitoring these protests that are happening in Algeria and we're going to continue to do that," added Palladino.

In Brussels, the spokeswoman for the European Commission, Maja Kocijancic, has called on Algerian authorities to respect "freedom of expression and assembly."

"When we talk about demonstrations, the rights to freedom of expression and assembl...