Amnesty International submits this briefing for consideration by the Human Rights Committee in view of its forthcoming examination of Algeria's third periodic report ...
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Convention against Enforced Disappearance) was adopted by the UN ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
1) Iraqis flee to Syria to escape violence 2) Displaced people denied rights in Azerbaijan 3) Whereabouts unknown - thousands still missing worldwide 30 August ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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.