Rabat, May 24 -- Thousands of protesters in Algeria gathered again after Friday prayers, renewing their determination to stand against the interim government.

This Friday marked the 14 week of protests, with demonstrators repeating their calls for radical change and the resignation of all the surviving elites from the era of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

With the same slogans as in the previous weeks, the protesters carried banners and Algerian flags, opposing the July 4 election, which Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah announced in April.

This week was marked by massive security crackdown. Fearing that it may lose control of an already alarming situation, the government has lately been deploying hundreds of police officer...