Government abuse Bound

The security forces in Chad have brutally stifled dissent in the run-up to presidential elections this weekend, banning demonstrations, beating up protesters and carrying out arbitrary arrests, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. The country's president, Idriss...

(Photo: Ultra-hardliner Justice Minister Belkacem Zeghmati)  The Algerian regime backed away from issuing a controversial law that would have stripped political opponents abroad of their Algerian nationality. he draft law was presented Wednesday, 3 March by the...

Algerian police said Sunday they had launched an investigation after videos on social media claiming officers sexually abused a teenage boy arrested during anti-government protests sparked fury. The 15-year-old was arrested on Saturday in Algiers, the capital of the...

A court in Algeria's capital Monday sentenced journalist Abdelhakim Setouane to six months in jail for defamation of a former speaker of the lower house of parliament, his lawyer said. Abdellah Heboul told AFP that the journalist, who has been detained since October...