Category: Algeria

COVID-19 does not halt repression against militants, journalists in Algeria

April 7, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic, which affected so far 1,423 and killed 173 people in Algeria, does not prevent the Algerian justice system from punishing "Hirak" activists ... Read More

Algeria: Former head of national security sentenced to 15 years in prison

April 2, 2020

A court in capital Algiers Wednesday pressed a 15-year prison sentence associated with a $80,000-fine against former head of the national police, Major General Abdelghani ... Read More

Coronavirus: China to build hospital in Algeria

March 31, 2020

China will build a Coronavirus protection hospital in Algeria to help the North African country tackle the increasing spread of the disease, which has already ... Read More

Coronavirus: Sahrawis returning to Tindouf camps confined in appalling conditions

March 29, 2020

The over one hundred Sahrawis who have been stranded at the borders between Algeria and Mauritania after they were denied return to Tindouf, out of ... Read More

Covid-19: Human Rights Organization (OMDH) Calls on UNSG & HCR to Protect Sahrawis Sequestered in Tindouf

March 27, 2020

The Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) has called on the UN Secretary General and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees “to urgently intervene” to ... Read More

Algeria: Court upholds prison sentences against former Prime Ministers charged with corruption

March 26, 2020

An appeals court in capital Algiers Wednesday confirmed the jail term sentences against former Premiers charged with corruption. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal were sentenced ... Read More

Algeria: Prominent Hirak leader sentenced to one year in prison

March 25, 2020

A leading figure in the popular uprising in Algeria, also known as Hirak, was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison in a trial denounced ... Read More

Coronavirus: Maghreb Countries reinforce preventive measures

March 18, 2020

Blood sample with respiratory coronavirus positive Maghreb Countries are reinforcing preventive measures against the spread of the COVID-19, with Morocco asking its citizens to stay ... Read More

Coronavirus: Morocco suspends air & sea connections with France; closes its Ports to all passenger ships

March 13, 2020

Morocco decided this Friday to suspend, until further notice, all air and sea connections with France over fears of the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to ... Read More

Polisario’s nightmare in Geneva

March 12, 2020

The polisario is living a nightmare these days in Geneva as members of the sahraoui population living in the Tindouf camps made the trip to ... Read More