• Human Rights in Algeria
    New laws, the lifting of the 19-year-long state of emergency, and both constitutional and electoral reforms did little to allow Algerians greater freedom to associate, form political parties, or express their opinions. Authorities retained other repressive laws and regulations that they used to stifle dissent and human rights activities. May’s legislative elections gave the country’s governing coalition a majority of seats, amid accusations of electoral fraud. Security forces and armed groups continue to escape justice for atrocities committed during the 1990’s civil war. The state offered compensation to families of persons “disappeared” in the 1990s, but provided no details of their fate.

  • Algeria: Activists Barred from World Social Forum
    Mar 27, 2013
    Algerian authorities illegally restricted rights to free movement when they barred 96 Algerian civil society activists from travelling to Tunisia, without giving any reason.
  • Algeria: Activists Barred from World Social Forum
    Mar 26, 2013
    Algerian authorities illegally restricted rights to free movement when they barred 96 Algerian civil society activists from travelling to Tunisia, without giving any reason. Border officials stopped the activists on March 25 as they were about to enter Tunisia, where they intended to attend the World Social Forum. The forum, a global gathering of approximately 50,000 activists on areas such as human rights and the environment, runs from March 26 to March 30, 2013.
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  • Algeria: Activists Barred from World Social Forum
    Mar 27, 2013
    Algerian authorities illegally restricted rights to free movement when they barred 96 Algerian civil society activists from travelling to Tunisia, without giving any reason.
  • Algeria: Activists Barred from World Social Forum
    Mar 26, 2013
    Algerian authorities illegally restricted rights to free movement when they barred 96 Algerian civil society activists from travelling to Tunisia, without giving any reason. Border officials stopped the activists on March 25 as they were about to enter Tunisia, where they intended to attend the World Social Forum. The forum, a global gathering of approximately 50,000 activists on areas such as human rights and the environment, runs from March 26 to March 30, 2013.
  • Algeria: Long Delays Tainting Terrorism Trials
    Jun 18, 2012
    The Algerian authorities’ long delays in bringing key terrorism cases to trial undermines the defendants’ right to a fair trial.
  • Algeria: Crackdown on Protest as Election Nears
    May 9, 2012
    Algerian authorities have used arrests and other tactics to keep people from demonstrating in the capital in the period leading up to the May 10, 2012 elections. Security forces are detaining people who try to demonstrate peacefully in Algiers, including at least one candidate for election, and have prevented people from reaching the city if they suspect them of intending to demonstrate.
  • Letter to Ambassadors of UN Security Council Member States in Favor of Enlarging MINURSO's Mandate
    Apr 12, 2012
    Human Rights Watch urges the Security Council, when it reviews the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) this month, to extend it to incorporate human rights monitoring in Western Sahara and in the Polisario Front-run refugee camps near Tindouf.
  • Letter to French Prime Minister Regarding the Extradition of Mourad Dhina
    Mar 12, 2012
    We urge you not to sign such an order because by doing so, you would be sending Mr. Dhina to a country where he would be at risk of torture or of conviction on the basis of evidence obtained through torture.
  • Algeria: Restore Civil Liberties
    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
    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
    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
    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.
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