Human Rights in Algeria
Over 50 Hirak movement activists freed in Algeria
Several commentators and social media users in Algeria have noted that the release coincides with the visit of a high-ranking US official and likely took placedue to politically motivated reasons
Algerian court awards six-month suspended sentence to journalist Khaled Drareni
The independent journalist was arrested in March 2020 and charged with various serious offenses while he was covering the anti-establishment Hirak protests in Algeria
Algerian journalist Mohamed Moulouj placed in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges
Mohamed Mouloudj faces charges such as spreading false news, harming national unity, and belonging to a terrorist group. The authorities also arrested several prominent civil society figures, including academics, journalists and a Hirak activist
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