Algeria

Human Rights in People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

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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Algeria: Incommunicado detention/ fear of torture or ill-treatment ...
25 May 2007

The whereabouts of Fethi Hamaddouche, aged 24 or 25, who was last seen by his brother on 5 March in the custody of the Department for Information and Security ( ...

Urgent Action       MDE 28/011/2007

Algerian human rights lawyers acquitted | Amnesty International
30 April 2007

Algerian human rights lawyers Hassiba Boumerdesi and Amine Sidhoum were acquitted of charges of violating laws governing the organization and security of prisons ...

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Algeria: Good News: Algerian human rights lawyers acquitted (Web ...
30 April 2007

Algerian human rights lawyers Hassiba Boumerdesi and Amine Sidhoum were acquitted of charges of violating laws governing the organization and security of prisons ...

Report       MDE 28/010/2007