The revolutionary cell of an anti-colonial war has lived on as the secretive Pouvoir. Madaani and Belhadj returned to prison. Mustapha Bouchachi, Belhadj's lawyer, said it was now more than two years since he had seen his client. There are thousands of people being held in prison without trial. They are charged with helping armed groups.
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On July 28 of this year, Rachid Masli, another lawyer who has clients in the Islamic Salvation Front, went for a trip outside Algiers. He was stopped by four men in an unmarked car who dragged him away. For a week he disappeared. He had been held blindfolded and subjected to a mock execution. Now he languishes in prison, with no date set for his trial.