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Amnesty International denounces escalating crackdown on critical voices in Algeria

Amnesty International has denounced the “extreme measures” used by the Algerian authorities to silence critical voices, calling for the release of all wrongfully detained journalists, dropping all politically motivated charges against at least six of them and overturning the conviction of journalist Ihsane El Kadi. El Kadi was sentenced on April 2 to five years […]

Cybersecurity: More than 5 million attacks detected in Morocco in second quarter of 2019

The number of malware-related incidents downloaded from the Internet in Morocco reached between April and June 2019, more than 5.06 million, according to Kaspersky’s quarterly bulletin on cyber security in Morocco. A total of 30.7 percent of “Kaspersky Security Network” users were killed during this period of Web-based threats, the report notes, noting that Morocco […]

Boualem Sansal’s journey in Algiers from being called a ‘thief’ to ‘Mister’

In Algeria, the president speaking before MPs called French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal “a thief sent by France”, an “imposter”, and a “bastard,” in prejudicial comments that say much about the use of the judiciary to silence dissidents in the country where terrorism charges have often been used to crackdown on peaceful opposition figures. Few days […]