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Tunisia: authorities must come clean over abduction of Algerian activistPress release 03 Sep 2021 -
Algeria: two journalists and political opponent arrested on eve of electionResponse to news that the Algerian authorities have arrested journalists Khaled Drareni and Ihsane El Kadi - as well as high-profile opposition leader Karim Tabbou - ahead of legislative elections tomorrow (12 June).
Press release 11 Jun 2021 -
Algeria: Islamic scholar given three-year jail term for 'offending Islam'A well-known Islamic expert in Algeria has been given a three-year jail sentence for “offending” Islam with comments he posted on Facebook, which Amnesty International has described as a “flagrant violation of the rights to freedom of expression and…
Press release 22 Apr 2021 -
Algeria: journalist jailed for two years after 'sham' trialTwo activists also given jail sentences
Press release 15 Sep 2020 -
Middle East in 2019: 'year of defiance' met by shocking state violence - new reportMore than 500 protesters killed in Iraq, and 300-plus in Iran
Press release 18 Feb 2020 -
Algeria: fresh wave of arrests ahead of presidential elections‘Expressing opposition to Algeria’s planned presidential elections ... is not a crime’
Press release 09 Dec 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: Prisoner of conscience released
On 7 March 2019, Algerian blogger and prisoner of conscience Merzoug Touati was released.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2019 -
Algeria: activist jailed for holding anti-president placardHadj Ghermoul's sign said ‘No to a fifth term in office’
Press release 07 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Blogger on hunger strike after unfair conviction in Algeria
Algerian blogger and prisoner of conscience Merzoug Touati began a hunger strike on 8 July in protest at being imprisoned
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Blogger convicted with 10 year prison sentence in Algeria
Blogger Merzoug Touati convicted with 10 year prison sentence in Algeria. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2018 -
Algeria: blogger faces death penalty for Facebook post and YouTube video‘It is ludicrous that a Facebook post expressing peaceful opinion could lead to the death penalty’
Press release 23 May 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Religious minority leader in Algeria released but still at risk
Mohamed Fali was released from pre-trial detention on 13 September but remains at risk of further prosecution.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action: Religious minority leader arrested in Algeria
Mohamed Fali, the president of the Ahmadiyya religious community, was arrested in Algeria on 28 August.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Sep 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Algerian activist Dahmane Kerami releasedAlgerian activist Dahmane Kerami was released on 31 December 2016 after spending one year behind bars for participating in 2014 and 2015 in peaceful social protests in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Algerian journalist Hassan Bouras released
Algerian journalist Hassan Bouras was released on 17 January after his sentence was reduced to a six-month suspended prison term on appeal.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
End Action Algeria: Journalist Mohamed Tamalt dies in detention in Algeria
British-Algerian freelance journalist Mohamed Tamalt, 41, died in custody, on 11 December 2016, in Mohamed Lamine Debaghine University Hospital in Bab El Oued, Algiers, over 5 months after his arrest.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: One year in prison for denouncing corruption in Algeria
An Algerian court sentenced journalist Hassan Bouras to a year in prison and fines for a video denouncing corruption of local officials in the city of El Bayadh. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Algerian prisoner of conscience remains in detention
A court upheld the conviction of Algerian activist Slimane Bouhafs for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook
Urgent action outcomes 09 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Health concern for British-Algerian journalist in Algeria
British-Algerian freelance journalist Mohamed Tamalt is currently in intensive care. He fell into a coma over a week ago.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Algerian sentenced to 5 years in prison for facebook posts
Algerian activist Slimane Bouhafs started to serve a five-year prison term after a court in Sétif, eastern Algeria, charged him with insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad for posts he made on Facebook.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016
