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The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has finger pointed Algeria and the Polisario for the abuses and violations of freedoms and human rights in the Tindouf camps. The group’s condemnation came following a complaint lodged by Sahrawi dissident El Fadel Mohamed Breica against the Algerian state for kidnapping, torture, forcible confinement and illegal […]
The issue of the diversion by Algeria and the Polisario of the European Union’s humanitarian aid destined to to the Tindouf camps populations has been officially referred to the European Parliament’s Committee on Development (DEVE) on Thursday. At a hearing of the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, held at the European Parliament in […]
Algeria and its puppet, the Polisario Front, continue to divert the humanitarian aid sent by the EU for the populations in the Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, revealed an investigative article published by London-based news outlet EUToday. “Unfortunately, and despite promises from the European Commission to put an end to the diversion of humanitarian aid sent […]
Morocco vs the covid-19
The United States has listed Algeria among the countries wherein the illegal trade in people is widely spread, affirming that it will work tirelessly to free those still enslaved and will punish their tormentors. In its 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report, Washington placed Algeria on its “Tier-3 watch list”, the lowest ranking, which could trigger […]
France’s energy giant Total has renewed for three years the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Algeria’s energy company Sonatrach, Trade Arabia reports. Sonatrach will supply two million tons per year of Algerian LNG to the French market, primarily through the LNG terminal at Fos Cavaou. The deal, concluded in an extremely volatile market […]
Oil and gas rich southern Algeria has in recent years been boiling with a spate of protests that often turn violent such as the recent protests in the Touareg city of Tin-Zaouatin where a man has been killed by live fire. Protests in Tin Zaouatin, near the borders with Mali, erupted after Algerian authorities imposed […]
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 Kabylia (northwest), despite arrests, convictions of activists and risks related to the coronavirus. The Algerian regime has actually multiplied in recent days the arrests and convictions of militants of Hirak […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Algerian authorities to end the harassment and prosecution of journalists in a bid to gag the media and throttle freedom of the press. In a statement issued Friday, RSF says the crackdown on independent journalists and bloggers has intensified despite the coronavirus epidemic, noting that four journalists […]
The EuroMed Rights NGO has condemned the use by the Algerian authorities of the COVID-19 lockdown as a pretext to continue their crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and Hirak leaders. In its latest newsletter, the EuroMed Rights watchdog said as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Algeria was increasing early March, the civil society organizations […]