Algeria

Letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay Regarding Tindouf Refugee Camps

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:11:12 -0700

Dear High Commissioner:

Human Rights Watch is writing to urge you to redouble efforts to establish a program of human rights monitoring for Western Sahara and the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria.

Letter to the UNSC urging for human rights monitoring in Western Sahara

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:43:11 -0700

Your Excellency,

Human Rights Watch is writing this letter to urge your support at the UN Security Council for establishing a program of human rights monitoring for Western Sahara and the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria.

UK: Law Lords Judgment Undermines Torture Ban

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:39:17 -0800

(London) - A House of Lords ruling that allows the deportation of terrorist suspects to Algeria and Jordan damages the global ban on torture, Human Rights Watch said today.

Algeria

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:57:16 -0800

Algeria

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:07:44 -0800

As the Algerian economy benefited from the worldwide surge in oil prices, Algerians continued to suffer restrictions on civil liberties, under a state of emergency imposed in 1992, and the government continued impunity for past and present abuses.

Human Rights in Western Sahara and in the Tindouf Refugee Camps

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:24:24 -0800

This 216-page report focuses on the present-day situation rather than on past abuses. Human Rights Watch documents how Morocco uses a combination of repressive laws, police violence, and unfair trials to punish Sahrawis who advocate peacefully in favor of independence or full self-determination for the disputed Western Sahara.

Human Rights in Western Sahara and in the Tindouf Refugee Camps

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:17:52 -0800

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United Kingdom: Stop Deportations to Risk of Torture

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:38:50 -0700

(London, October 22, 2008) - The British government should immediately halt plans to deport foreign terrorism suspects to countries that offer unreliable promises not to torture them, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

British Government's Diplomatic Assurances Policy

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0700

US: Rice Should Press Algeria on Fate of Returned Guantanamo Detainees

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:00:00 -0700

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice should press the Algerian government on the well-being and status of Guantanamo detainees returned to Algeria when she travels to Algiers on September 6. Four Guantanamo detainees from Algeria have been returned in the last two months, and Rice is expected to discuss future Guantanamo returns during her visit.