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Algeria: Retired General Ali Ghediri gets four years in prison for “undermining army morale”F

An Algiers court on Thursday sentenced a former presidential candidate and retired general to four years in prison for undermining army morale, the official APS news agency reported. Ali Ghediri had said he would stand in Algeria's April 2019 election against longtime...

Libya: Saadi, son of dictator Moamer Kadhafi, released from prisonF

Saadi Kadhafi, a son of Libya's late dictator Moamer Kadhafi who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, has been freed from jail, said the interim government.  Saadi -- the strongman's third son, now aged 47 -- was known for his playboy lifestyle and briefly...

Tunisia: The problem of arbitrary practices in TunisiaF

The World Organisation Against Torture on Friday urged Tunisia's President Kais Saied -- who suspended the country's parliamentary democracy in a recent power-grab -- to end "arbitrary practises" and restrictions on freedom. Saied won the presidency in a 2019...

Morocco: Woman to walk free after more than 3 years in prison over religious viewsF

A dual Moroccan-Italian citizen jailed for three and a half years for "insulting Islam" will walk free Monday after a court gave her a suspended two-month jail term, a rights group said. "She will be leaving prison Monday evening," a member of Morocco's Association of...

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