Algeria

Human Rights in People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

UK: Secret judicial proceedings again expose individuals to risk ...
6 November 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 45/019/2007 (Public). News Service No: 213. 6 November 2007. UK: Secret judicial ...

Press Release       EUR 45/019/2007

Algeria: Briefing to the Human Rights Committee
1 October 2007

Amnesty International submits this briefing for consideration by the Human Rights Committee in view of its forthcoming examination of Algeria's third periodic report ...

Report       MDE 28/017/2007

A crucial opportunity to end enforced disappearance
30 August 2007

The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Convention against Enforced Disappearance) was adopted by the UN ...

Report       IOR 51/055/2007

Algeria: Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture or ill-treatment
22 August 2007

Mohamed Fatmia, aged 35, and Mohamed Rahmouni, aged 27, are now known to have been arrested in June and July respectively. They have been held incommunicado, at ...

Urgent Action       MDE 28/014/2007

USA: Further information on Fear of forcible return/Fear for ...
13 August 2007

On 10 August, the US Supreme Court refused to intervene in the case of Ahmed Belbacha, aged 38, an Algerian national in US custody in Guantánamo Bay who is feared ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/134/2007

USA: Fear of forcible return/Fear for safety/Fear of torture ...
6 August 2007

Ahmed Belbacha, aged 38, and other Algerian nationals held in US custody in Guantánamo may be in imminent danger of forcible return to Algeria. Amnesty International ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/130/2007

The Wire, August 2007. Vol. 37, No. 7
1 August 2007

1) Iraqis flee to Syria to escape violence 2) Displaced people denied rights in Azerbaijan 3) Whereabouts unknown - thousands still missing worldwide 30 August ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/2007

Algeria: Further information on incommunicado detention/Torture or ...
20 June 2007

"X", who was arrested on 6 June after he was deported from the UK, was released without charge on the morning of 16 June. He was able to join his wife, who is ...

Urgent Action       MDE 28/013/2007

Algeria: Incommunicado detention/Torture or ill-treatment. ...
12 June 2007

An Algerian asylum-seeker, known only as "X" for legal reasons, was deported to Algeria from the United Kingdom (UK) on 6 June. Since then he has been held ...

Urgent Action       MDE 28/012/2007

Algeria: Persistent torture by the Military Security in secret ...
10 June 2007

Torture and other ill-treatment continue to be perpetrated with impunity in Algeria in cases of individuals who are thought to have information about terrorism.

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