Chinese Workers in Algeria Protest against Unpaid Wages

Chinese workers at GAEA construction company staged a sit-in in Oran to demand the payment of their wages and urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to intervene. GAEA has been doing business in Algeria since 2008. It has asked the Algerian development company Chaabane Belazzoug to pay up to $1.6 million, but the company has ignored the […]

Al-Sisi asks Europeans to leave Egypt alone in reference to criticism on executions

Egypt’s President Fattah al-Sisi Monday chided criticism over a series of executions in the North African country as he asked European countries not “to impose their views”. Egypt has found itself targets of critics from European countries after authorities hanged last week nine members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, convicted for involvement in the killing […]

Algeria: Repression against Hirak Movement intensifies, deepening socioeconomic crisis

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 Amnesty International in a press release. After the Hirak protest movement was halted due to Covid-19 in 2020, the Algerian authorities have stepped up their repression of peaceful dissent, targeting […]