Algeria
Despite constitutional amendments passed in 2016, Algerian authorities continued to resort to criminal prosecutions for peaceful speech, using articles in the penal code criminalizing “offending the president,” “insulting state officials,” and “denigrating Islam. An indefinite blanket ban on demonstrations in Algiers, the capital, imposed in 2001, is enforced with few exceptions. Perpetrators of torture, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial executions during the internal strife of the 1990s enjoy impunity. The Algerian government blocks the registration of many Algerian nongovernmental organizations working on women’s, ethnic, and human rights, and has maintained its non-cooperation with several UN human rights experts and mechanisms.
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Algeria: Escalating Repression of Protesters
Leaders Arrested Ahead of Disputed Presidential Elections
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Algeria: Bouteflika Resignation an Opening for Rights
Genuine Reforms Needed for Democratic Transition
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Algeria: Migrants, Asylum Seekers Forced Out
Thousands, Including Children, Expelled to Niger Without Due Process
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Algeria: Activist Facing Charges for Peaceful Support of Protests
Trial Postponed Over His Poor Health, But He Remains in Detention
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Muzzling Journalists: Morocco and Algeria Can Agree on That
Two Prosecutions Highlight Threats to Press Freedom
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Rights Language in Algeria’s Draft Constitution No Comfort to Jailed Journalist
President Pledges Wide Consultation on Draft While Reporters, Protest Leaders Locked Up
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During Pandemic, Algeria Tightens Vise on Protest Movement
Protesters Languish in Prison for Peaceful Dissent
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Algeria: Protest Leader’s Sentence Doubled on Eve of His Release
Karim Tabbou Goes on Trial for Other Charges April 6
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