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Tag: Hirak
Algeria’s foreign minister tacitly acknowledges his country’s repression
Algeria’s foreign minister Ahmed Attaf alluded that the absence of pro-Palestinian protests in his country was due to a lack of “culture of protests” inherent ... Read More
Geneva: NGO Decries Abuses Committed by Algerian Regime against Hirak Activists
The International Observatory for Peace, Democracy and Human Rights has denounced the serious human rights violations, repression and abuses committed by Algerian authorities against pro-democracy ... Read More
Algeria: Hirak figure Karim Tabbou arrested again
Algerian opponent and Hirak figure Karim Tabbou was arrested on Friday in Algiers, announced the National Committee for the Release of Detainees (CNLD). Coordinator of ... Read More
Algeria: Local NGOs call on authorities to end repression & rights violations
A group of Algerian human rights organizations and militants have called on the Algerian authorities to put an end to the new wave of cracking ... Read More
Algeria: University teachers & students decry use of judiciary as repression tool
Algerian university teachers, students, associations and citizens have denounced the use of the judiciary system by the authorities as a tool of repression to muzzle ... Read More
OHCHR: Algerian, International NGOs denounce serious rights violations in Algeria
Several Algerian and international NGOs have decried, at the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council currently held in Geneva, the “massive and flagrant ... Read More
Algeria dismisses Kabylie independence movement, Rachad Islamists as terrorists
After accusing them of connivance with foreign powers and plotting attacks, the Algerian regime moved to list Kabylie independence group MAK and Political Islam movement ... Read More
Cornered Algerian regime prosecutes Hirak activists on “terrorism”, “conspiracy” charges
As if the use of excessive violence on the part of the security services in Algeria when arresting peaceful protesters was not enough, the authorities ... Read More
Algerians defy crackdown to protest against military rule
Thousands of Algerians took to the streets of different cities and towns across the country Friday to demand a clean break with the military rule ... Read More
Algeria: UN increasingly concerned over crackdown on peaceful protesters, violation of fundamental rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reiterated on Tuesday its deep concern over the deterioration of the human rights ... Read More