Algeria
Algerian authorities continue to arrest and imprison peaceful activists, human rights defenders, and journalists for their critical expression. Some of them face terrorism-related charges based on an overbroad term definition of terrorism. The crackdown on civil society organizations and political parties connected to the “Hirak” pro-reform protest movement has intensified since Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected president in December 2019. The authorities have dubiously labeled two political opposition groups, the Rachad Movement and the Movement for the Self-Determination of the Kabylie region (MAK) as “terrorist organizations.”
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Middle East/North Africa
Algeria: Reverse Decision to Dissolve Leading Human Rights GroupFebruary 8, 2023
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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: Reverse Decision to Dissolve Leading Human Rights Group
Authorities’ Latest Blow to Independent Civil Society
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Algeria: Free Activist Granted Refugee Status in Tunisia
Slimane Bouhafs Held for Offenses Including Insulting Islam, Terrorism
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Algeria: Campaign Against Government Rights Repression
The #NotACrime Digital Campaign Was Launched by 38 Organizations, Including Human Rights Watch
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Algeria: Arbitrary Travel Bans on Diaspora Activists
Allow Those Barred from Leaving to Return to Canada
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Algeria: Jailed Activist Ends Hunger Strike
Sentenced to Year in Prison for Spreading ‘False’ Information
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Algeria: Effort to Dissolve Prominent Civic Association
Government’s Court Case Against RAJ Threatens Freedom of Association
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