Tag: Repression

Algeria: Repression against Hirak Movement intensifies, deepening socioeconomic crisis

February 24, 2024

Algerian authorities continue to crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly five years after the Hirak protest movement first began, said ... Read More

Algeria cracks down on labor unions

October 26, 2023

The Algerian government, the civilian façade of the military regime, has ordered the prohibition of strikes by all labor unions in the latest blow to ... Read More

Tindouf Camps boiling, anger against Polisario intensifying

June 1, 2023

Anger continues to build up in the Tindouf camps which are rocked by growing demonstrations making Polisario leaders uncomfortable and responding with more repression and ... Read More

Geneva: NGO Decries Abuses Committed by Algerian Regime against Hirak Activists

July 9, 2022

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

Tunisia: Public service worker arrested for offending President

April 28, 2022

The Tunisian Ministry of Justice has ordered the arrest of a public service worker accused of offending President Kais Saied in multiple social media posts, ... Read More

Algeria: Local NGOs call on authorities to end repression & rights violations

January 10, 2022

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: Human rights deteriorate, crackdown on journalists continues

April 20, 2021

A court in Algeria Monday ordered detention of a journalist for creating an online account allegedly spreading information suspected to trigger hatred and segregation in ... Read More

Algeria: Repression of resumed Hirak in several cities, riots in Béjaïa

June 20, 2020

As soon as the medical containment was lifted, several hundred people took to the street for the weekly Friday demonstrations in several wilayas, notably in ... Read More

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

Press Freedom Watchdogs Slam Algeria for Stifling Independent Journalists

July 13, 2017

International media watchdogs criticized Algeria’s repressive measures to intimidate journalists and demanded the immediate release of journalist and fixer Saïd Chitour who has been held ... Read More