Articles for Algeria

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Algeria: Release of Tarek Mameri

Tarek mameri was brought before the court of Algiers on the morning of Friday 4 May. He was charged with several counts including charges of "insulting a constituted body," "destruction of public property," "destruction of government documents," and "incitement to unlawful assembly."

He was released on probation and was summoned to appear the next 30 May before the correctional court of Algiers to be sentenced.

Tarek Mameri was arrested on 1 May at 9:00 p.m. in the middle of Algiers by several plainclothes agents presenting themselves as police officers.

07 May 2012
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Algeria: Mr. Tarek MAMERI, a young cyber activist who has called for a boycott of legislative elections, abducted 1 May 2012

Tarek Mameri, a 23-year old who lives in Algiers in the Belouizdad quarter, was abducted on 1 May 2012 at 9:00 p.m. in the middle of Algiers. He was taken by several individuals in civilian dress who were traveling in an unmarked white Volkswagen Caddy.
01 May 2012
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Algeria: Malik Medjnoun freed from prison today

Mr. Malik Medjnoun was arrested on 28 September 1999 by agents of the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) and had been detained ever since. He was released from the civil prison of Tizi-Ouzou at 10:00 a.m. on 2 May 2012. Accused of the murder of singer Lounès Matoub, he has always maintained his innocence. He was severely tortured and interrogated in the "Antar" police station in Ben-Aknoun, Algiers. He was kept in prison for eleven years without trial. He was finally sentenced to 12 years in prison on 18 July 2011.
01 May 2012
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Algeria: The Human Rights Committee takes up the case of torture committed against Mr. Hachemi Boukhalfa

Hachemi Boukhalfa was arrested arbitrarily on 9 January 2011 by the agents of the DRS and throughout a week was submitted to grave torture before being released. To this day, the Algerian judicial system has not taken up his case and he has been obliged to turn to UN authorities.

The 40-year-old lives in Ouargla where he sells cars.

24 Feb 2012
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Algeria: Abdelaziz Nadji, released from Guantanamo to be imprisoned at El-Harrach

Mr. Abdelaziz Nadji is a 37-year-old Algerian citizen from Batna who is handicapped after having lost a leg. He had been arrested in 2002 in Pakistan by the intelligence services and turned over to the American intelligence services. He was then transferred to Guantanamo where he was detained for eight years. He has testified that he was tortured in a continuous fashion.

Despite his refusal to be sent back to Algeria, where he feared being the object of further persecution and ill treatment, he was finally released by the United States to the Algerian authorities on 19 July 2010.

25 Jan 2012
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Algeria: Human rights activist arrested in Algiers

Update: Nassima Guettal was released on 25 November 2011 at 13:00

Nassima Guettal, a human rights activist and a founding member of the National Front for Change (FCN), was arrested this morning by the police. She had undertaken a hunger strike in Algiers in the Place 1st May.

25 Nov 2011
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Algeria: M. Abdelkader Hamdaoui, a victim of enforced disappearance since 27 September 2011

Mr. Abdelkader HAMDAOUI

M. Abdelkader HAMDAOUI Abdelkader, 24, was abducted on 27 September 2011 at 15:00 at the home of his grandmother in Rouissat, in the state of Ouargla, by several agents in civilian dress that presented themselves as the police but provided no identification. They gave no motive for the arrest and did not bring with them an arrest warrant.

12 Nov 2011
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Algeria: Malik Medjnoune, 12 years in "pre-trial" detention

Accused without evidence of killing the singer Lounès Matoub, Malik Medjnoune has been arbitrarily detained since 1999 and still has not been tried to date.
02 Jun 2011
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Algeria: Kidnapped Rachid Kebli reappears in El-Harrach prison

On 18 October 2010, Rachid Kebli was kidnapped by intelligence officers and taken to an unknown destination. He was recently transferred to El-Harrach prison in Algiers.

On 4 November 2010 Alkarama sent his case to the Working group on enforced and involuntary disappearances (WGEID), requesting its urgent intervention with the Algerian authorities.

Rachid Kebli, 30, is a manual worker from Wilaya de Tlemcen. He was disappeared by four plain clothed intelligence officers, as he was working on a construction-site in Maghnia, Wilaya de Tlemcen at 11:00am on 18 October 2010.

25 Nov 2010
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Algeria: Abdellahoum reappears after torture in secret detention

Othmane Abdessamed Abdellahoum, 32, who lives in Ain Al Hadjel, Wilaya de Msila, was abducted 16 October 2010 by intelligence officers while leaving his home.

On 5 November 2010 Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the Working Group on Enforced or involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), requesting it to intervene with the Algerian authorities on behalf of Mr Abdellahoum.

15 Nov 2010
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