• Algeria: Restore Civil Liberties
    Press release
    Apr 6, 2011
    Algerian authorities have taken a step in the right direction by lifting a state of emergency, but the government still needs to restore basic civil liberties.
  • Algeria: End Public Assembly Ban in Algiers
    Press release
    Mar 20, 2011

    The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully.

  • US: Stop Returns of Guantanamo Detainees Fearing Mistreatment
    Press release
    Jan 6, 2011
    The US government should not forcibly return detainees to places where they fear ill-treatment without providing them a fair legal process to contest their repatriation. The Obama administration on January 6, 2011, transferred detainee Saeed Farhi bin Mohammed to his native Algeria despite his expressed fears of abuse in his homeland – the second forcible US return to that country in six months.
  • US: Don’t Return Guantanamo Detainees Fearing Ill-Treatment
    Press release
    Jul 19, 2010
    The US government should not forcibly return Guantanamo detainees to places where they fear ill-treatment without providing them a fair legal process to contest their repatriation. The Obama administration today transferred Aziz Abdul Naji, an Algerian detainee, to Algeria despite his expressed fears of abuse back in the country.
  • Algeria: Stop Suppressing Protests
    Press release
    May 3, 2010
    Algeria should end its repressive policy banning all demonstrations in the capital, Human Rights Watch said today after police blocked a small rally planned in front of the offices of state television to demand press freedom.
  • Letter to Minister of Interior Zerhouni on the right to freedom of assembly
    Letter
    May 3, 2010
  • Letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
    Letter
    Apr 13, 2010
    Our organizations, Human Rights Watch and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights (RFK Center), have an established record of working on human rights issues in Western Sahara. Concerned about human rights violations against the Sahrawi people, we write to urge your support at the UN Security Council for the establishment of a UN mechanism that would monitor and report on human rights in Western Sahara and in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria.
  • Human Rights Watch writes to protest Algeria’s refusal to let human rights league hold its congress in public meeting hall
    Letter
    Apr 8, 2010

    Human Rights Watch se permet de vous écrire afin de réagir aux refus tardif des services de la direction de la réglementation et des affaires générales de la Wilaya d'Alger d'autoriser la Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (LADDH) de se réunir dans une salle de réunion publique, perturbant ainsi le bon déroulement de leur congrès.

  • African Al Qaeda Should Stop Targeting Civilians
    Press release
    Mar 16, 2010
    Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has in recent months stepped up targeting tourists and aid workers for murder and kidnapping in Mali, Niger, and Mauritania. AQIM should immediately and unconditionally free hostages in its custody and end attacks on civilians.
  • World Report 2010: Backsliding on Human Rights
    Press release
    Jan 27, 2010
    Human rights conditions deteriorated  across North Africa in 2009, with unfair trials in political cases the norm, and a narrowing space for independent journalists and associations to operate, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2010.