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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Algerian government to drop the charges against and to immediately release freelance journalist Said Chitour, currently held in Prison pending trial on allegations of espionage. Police arrested Chitour at Algiers International Airport on June 5 as he returned from Spain, according to media reports and […]
International media watchdogs criticized Algeria’s repressive measures to intimidate journalists and demanded the immediate release of journalist and fixer Saïd Chitour who has been held in pretrial detention on allegations of spying for over a month. Reporters without Borders (RSF) released a statement denouncing as “excessive” the pretrial detention of Chitour, and expressing concern over […]
Algerian Authorities have locked up journalist fixer Saïd Chitour over espionage after he was arrested early last month at Algiers airport on his way back from a trip in Spain. BBC correspondent Chitour is known by foreign English media and missions for helping arrange meetings between Algerian figures and foreign media in Algeria. He also […]