Government abuse Bound

A detained Moroccan journalist is "close to death" 76 days into a hunger strike, his family said as his trial resumed Tuesday in his absence.  Soulaimane Raissouni, editor-in-chief of now-defunct newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, is accused of indecent assault against...

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,...

An Egyptian court has sentenced two women TikTok influencers to six and 10 years in jail respectively for "human trafficking", a lawyer representing one of them told AFP on Monday. The ruling against Haneen Hossam and Mowada al-Adham was handed down late Sunday by the...

Tunisia on Tuesday released media mogul and former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui from more than half a year in preventive detention over alleged money laundering. The 57-year-old, smiling and raising his fist, left Mornaguia prison on the outskirts of Tunis in...