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Algeria: French ‘Le Monde’ Denied Visa to Cover Valls Visit to Algiers

Algerian authorities have refused to issue entry visas for “Le Monde” journalist to cover French Prime Minister Manuel Valls’ two-day official visit to Algiers in retaliation to the paper’s publication of Algerian President’s photo on its front page beside photos of world leaders named in the Panama Papers leak. “Algerian authorities have refused to issue […]

Egypt: Forced Evictions, Other Reprisals Slap Human Rights Defenders -UN Expert

Two United Nations rights experts have denounced the Egyptian government for its reprisals against human rights defenders who dared to talk to a visiting UN delegation that was enquiring on housing in the North African country. The reprisals included housing demolitions and arbitrary arrests, against human rights defenders and others. Special Rapporteur on the right […]

Parlacen delegation’s visit to Laayoune, token of support for Moroccan sovereignty over its Sahara

The President of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), Carlos René Hernandez, said a recent visit to Laayoune has reaffirmed the bloc’s support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and its sovereignty over all its territories. Hernandez, who led a Parlacen delegation to Morocco in mid-April, said, on the sidelines of Parlacen’s General Assembly in Santo Domingo, that […]