Tag: HRW

HRW Decries Degrading Treatment of Sub-Saharans in Algeria

February 28, 2018

Few weeks after Amnesty International rebuked Algeria for failing short to uphold its obligation in protecting sub-Saharan refugees and asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch (HRW) ... Read More

AI Lambasts Algeria for “Hostility” to Refugees & Migrants

February 23, 2018

Amnesty International has rebuked Algeria over its deplorable human rights record smeared by continuing discrimination against refugees and migrants. In its annual report, the international ... Read More

After AI, HRW Decries Algeria for Ill-treatment of African Migrants

November 2, 2017

Algerian authorities have been rounding up sub-Saharan Africans in and around Algiers and have deported more than 3,000 to Niger since August 25, 2017, without ... Read More

HRW Urges Mauritanian Authorities to Release Opposition Leader Detained on ‘Vague’ Charges

October 7, 2017

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Mauritanian authorities to free former Senate member and opposition leader Mohamed Ould Ghadda, who has been detained for two ... Read More

HRW Urges Algeria to Improve the ٍٍState of Public Freedoms

September 23, 2017

Human Rights Watch urged Algerian authorities to cease criminal prosecutions against bloggers, journalists and media figures for peaceful speech, using articles in the penal code ... Read More

HRW Urges Algeria to Stop Persecuting Religious Minorities

September 13, 2017

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Algerian government to halt its persecution and hate speech against religious minorities in the country after authorities proceeded ... Read More

Libyan Strife: Attack on Airbase Kills 141 Soldiers Loyal to Gen. Haftar

May 21, 2017

An attack on an airbase in southern Libya killed 141, mostly soldiers within the ranks of General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), media reports ... Read More

HRW Calls on Algeria to End Confinement of Women In Tindouf Camps

January 14, 2017

In its latest report on Algeria, Human Rights Watch called on Algerian authorities to intervene to end the confinement imposed on women in the Polisario-run ... Read More

Algeria Slammed for State Racism against Sub-Saharans

December 20, 2016

Amnesty International urged Algeria to adopt a law on asylum and fight against the prevailing racism against Sub-Saharans, after several Algerian officials uttered racist statements ... Read More

HRW Urges Algeria to Halt Summary Deportations of Sub-Saharans

December 11, 2016

International rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, called on Algeria to honor its commitments under the 1951 Geneva convention and to bring to a halt all ... Read More