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Palestine Gaining Ground for Statehood Recognition

After Palestine was recognized by Sweden as a State and after several European parliaments urged their respective countries, mainly Great Britain, France, Spain, and Ireland, to recognize its right to statehood, the European Parliament adopted on Wednesday a resolution supporting the recognition of Palestinian statehood and the two state solution. The resolution states that the […]

New York Times Decries Algeria’s Authoritarian Crackdown on Free Speech

The New York Times has recently decried in an editorial the restrictions imposed by the Algerian military regime on free speech and the ill-treatment reserved to journalists and media outlets that venture to voice opposition to the government. The editorial, entitled “Extinguishing Free Expression in Algeria,” deplored the death on December 11 of Tamalt, an […]

Algeria dissolves human rights NGO LADDH

Algeria has dissolved human rights NGO LADDH whom it accused of cooperation with international rights groups at a context where the military regime intensifies its crackdown on dissident voices. The NGO said its only crime was defending human rights in a country whose jails are full of civil society activists and journalists. Following a suit […]