Hirak Bound

Algeria rights group blasts pre-election 'repression' An Algerian rights group Monday decried "escalating repression" ahead of next month's parliamentary election, the latest poll to be boycotted by the country's protest movement. "By resorting to intensified...

The Algerian government has sharply increased its attacks on all groups and individuals who have been calling for democratic change or have been working as independent journalists covering the Hirak movement. The crackdown comes ahead of the 12 June legislative...

It’s hunting season against journalists and free thinkers Being a journalist or a whistleblower is a dangerous job in Algeria. The regime has zero tolerance for people who report facts. And even if you are like Noureddine Tounsi, whose crime was to report criminals,...

Algerian security services said Tuesday they had arrested eight people linked to the Hirak pro-democracy protest movement over an allegedly foreign-financed criminal association. "The security services arrested a criminal organisation of eight people aged from 26 to...