Repression Bound

An Algerian court on Sunday jailed for two years Chems Eddine Laalami, a leading figure from the pro-democracy Hirak protest movement, a rights group said. Also known as Brahim, 30-year-old Laalami was arrested in late June by the Algerian coastguard as he attempted...

Algerian authorities arrested the head of an opposition party for allegedly insulting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and other charges, his wife and rights groups said on Thursday.  Fethi Ghares, 47, coordinator for the small leftist Democratic and Social Movement...

Algerian human rights activist Fatiha Briki has been detained by authorities and no official reason has been given for her arrest, her family and a prisoners' rights group said Monday. Briki, a retired university teacher and a member of prisoners' rights group CNLD,...

By Redouane Benmehdi The Algerian presidency launched this week a campaign to communicate with global community and a foreign audience meant to embellish its image. Two interviews given by president Tebboune to French magazine Le Point and Qatar’s Al Jazeera.  The...