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Algerian: Independent journalist Ihsane el-Kadi still in prisonF

Rights group Amnesty International urged Algeria on Tuesday to immediately release prominent jailed journalist Ihsane El Kadi, condemning what it called a "ruthless campaign" to silence critics. El Kadi, director of the Maghreb Emergent news website and Radio M, was...
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Morocco: Euro Parliament concerned about press freedom in Morocco as kingdom denies corruption allegationsF

The European Parliament on Thursday condemned what it described as a decline in press freedom in Morocco, saying it was "concerned" by corruption allegations against Rabat. A corruption scandal involving European Parliament members that erupted last month sent...
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Egyptian lawyers go on strike in solidarity with jailed colleaguesF

The Egyptian Bar Association announced Thursday an "unlimited" strike to condemn the imprisonment of six colleagues for a court brawl with three clerks earlier this month. "We are immediately suspending all of our activities, we will stop appearing before the courts...
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Algeria: Opposition figure Rachid Nekkaz freed from prison after he allegedly vowed to quit politicsF

An Algerian businessman and activist imprisoned for urging a boycott of the country's 2019 presidential election was released Wednesday, a rights group said, after he announced this month he would quit politics. Rachid Nekkaz was released on "humanitarian grounds",...
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