A German court gave a Moroccan man a suspended sentence Thursday after finding him guilty of spying on supporters of a...
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Egypt: Under intense international pressure, Egypt releases Egyptian-Irish student Patrick Zaki two days after he was sentenced to prison
Egyptian researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer walked out of prison Thursday, relatives said, a day...

Algeria: Regime rearrests opposition figure Karim Tabbou
Arezki’s Opinion Algerian opposition figure Karim Tabbou has been taken into custody for unknown reasons, reports said...
Algerian regime arrests businessman Isaad Rebrab, lengthens prison term of opposition figure to eliminate competition to president’s second term
Photo: Algeria's richest man, Isaad Rebrab- The appeal trial of Ali Ghediri on May 16 and 17 ended with an increase of...
Tunisia arrests opposition leader Ghannouchi, shuts offices of Ennahdha party
Tunisian authorities closed the offices of Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha on Tuesday, a day after...
Tunisia: European Parliament lashes out at Tunisian president over his “authoritarian drift”
The European Parliament on Thursday decried Tunisian President Kais Saied's "authoritarian drift" and called for the...
Tunisia: Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine calls media and politicians “traitors”
Unions and rights groups demanded an apology from Tunisia's interior minister on Wednesday after he lashed out at...
Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to France
Algerian authorities have placed four people in pre-trial detention over the "illegal" departure of wanted...
Egypt: Businessman and fledgling actor Mohamed Ali gets life sentence in absentia for anti-Sisi campaign
An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to...
Algeria’s political police arrest independent journalist El Kadi Ihsane
The Algerian political police secret services arrest the journalist El Kadi Ihsane and close the premises of the Radio...
Algeria: Activist Slimane Bouhafs sentenced to prison
An Algerian activist who had refugee status in Tunisia but was mysteriously returned to face trial in Algeria was...
Algerian government targets its citizens abroad, bans those who call for democratic reform
Summary: The Algerian authorities have begun to process of banning from entering Algeria its nationals who reside...
Algeria’s harassment of journalists continues, prosecutors wants more prison time to journalist Drareni
Algerian prosecutors on Thursday called for harsher penalties against journalist and press freedom activist Khaled...
Algerian doctors leaving their country in droves, as nearly third of youth say they want to leave too
Women in Algerian prisons just for their opinions Mostaganem: After court postpones trial, jailed Hirak activity...
Algeria: Prison time piles against former government leaders over more corruption
Two detained former prime ministers under Algeria's longtime ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika were handed additional...
Algeria: Attacks on journalists continue
(Photo: Journalists Mouloudj (left) and Bouras (right)): An Algerian journalist and rights activist was taken into...
Algerian regime jails pro-democracy figure Laalami for two years
An Algerian court on Sunday jailed for two years Chems Eddine Laalami, a leading figure from the pro-democracy Hirak...
Algeria arrests opposition figure Fethi Ghares
Algerian authorities arrested the head of an opposition party for allegedly insulting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune...
Algeria: Now that the fake elections are over, time to pick a rubber-stamping Prime Minister
And now what? By Arezki Daoud: President Tebboune has had his election and it turned out to be a disaster. The man was...
Algeria: Hundreds detained as regime seeks to prevent protests
Algeria rights group blasts pre-election 'repression' An Algerian rights group Monday decried "escalating repression"...
Algerian regime ratchets up repression against opposition groups and journalists
The Algerian government has sharply increased its attacks on all groups and individuals who have been calling for...
Algerian regime launches frontal assault on civil society
It’s hunting season against journalists and free thinkers Being a journalist or a whistleblower is a dangerous job in...
Algeria: Paranoiac regime sees conspiracies everywhere
Algerian security services said Tuesday they had arrested eight people linked to the Hirak pro-democracy protest...
Algeria: Political prisoners launch hunger strike
Twenty-three people detained after taking part in a protest march in the Algerian capital last week have gone on...
Algeria: Journalist Abdelhakim Setouane gets six months in prison
A court in Algeria's capital Monday sentenced journalist Abdelhakim Setouane to six months in jail for defamation of a...
Tunisia counts its losses from the Jasmine Revolution
Tunisia's government has finally given an official toll of 129 dead and 634 injured in its 2011 revolution, in what an...
Algeria: Hirak movement strengthens, Algerians confirm disconnect with regime
[Photo by Le Mating]- Thousands protested in Algiers Friday to demand press freedom and judicial independence, as the...
Algerians reject regime’s political roadmap, insist on deep reforms and no status quo
Video: 12 March 2021 protest in Algiers Protesters demanding the end of the military regime, call generals "traitors"...
Algeria: Momentum builds for pro-democracy Hirak movement, Algerians insist on end of regime
UN urges Algeria to stop attacks on protesters The United Nations on Friday voiced concern about an increasing...
Algeria: People of Kherrata mark second anniversary of anti-regime Hirak movement
Kherrata, Algeria, Feb 16, 2021 (AFP) - Several thousand Algerians rallied in a northern town Tuesday, almost two...
Algeria and Morocco continue to repress journalists and rights activists
Algerian regime wants to punish activist Amira Bouraoui Algerian prosecutors have requested a tougher two-year jail...
Algeria: Journalist Abdelkrim Zeghileche faces heightened judicial harassment
An Algerian journalist was released from prison Wednesday only to return directly to court for hearings in two other...
Algerian regime launches frontal assault on online media
Algeria has announced tighter state controls over online media, sparking alarm in the North African country whose...
How Arab people’s efforts to bring democracy are undermined by online fake news
The incompetent Arab regimes: Opinion by Arezki Daoud Arab governments have perfected the science of fake news and...
Egypt: Satirist Shady Abu Zeid freed from prison: Is Sisi feeling the winds of change in Washington?
Editor’s comment by Arezki Daoud: Is Egypt feeling the winds of change in Washington? I am confident that Egyptian...
Egypt: With their rulers sowing the seeds of misery, Egyptians brave the seas to flee to Europe
Thousands of desperate migrants bound for Europe have perished in the Mediterranean Sea. In one impoverished Egyptian...
Egypt arrests journalist Basma Mostafa just for reporting on anti-Sisi protests
6 October Update Egypt's prosecutor-general has ordered the release of a journalist days after she was arrested in the...
Algeria: United Nations independent experts pressuring Algeria to release wrongly jailed journalist
A journalist jailed for his coverage of mass protests in Algeria must be released, United Nations independent experts...
Algerian police arrest singer for criticizing dilapidated hospital
The Algerian authorities arrested singer Siham Japonia after she was accused of "attacking the symbols of the...
Algerian regime lost the moral high ground: It is arresting children too in new wave of repression
In an effort to repress civilians, the Algerian police prevented the holding on Friday, 19 June of several rallies...
Algerian regime maintains its attacks on civilians, jails mother of two
Algiers, June 21, 2020 - Algeria sentenced prominent anti-government activist Amira Bouraoui to a year in prison on...
Algerian government attacks pro-democracy activists
Algiers, June 19, 2020 (By Amal Belalloufi, with Philippe Agret in Tunis) - Algeria has intensified a crackdown on an...
Algeria: Frightened by the likely resumption of protest movement, Algeria intensifies attacks on pro-democracy activists
Algiers, June 14, 2020 - Algerian authorities on Sunday arrested three activists from the "Hirak" protest movement, a...