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Algerian government targets its citizens abroad, bans those who call for democratic reformF

Summary: The Algerian authorities have begun to process of banning from entering Algeria its nationals who reside abroad and who have been pro-democracy activists. The ban was criticized by rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, calling the...
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Morocco: Dozens of teachers sent to prison for protesting and “insulting a state body”F

Forty-five Moroccan teachers have been handed suspended prison sentences for attending unauthorised protests last year over a long-running contract dispute with the education ministry, their lawyer said Friday. The charges related to protests and strikes that have...
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Tunisia: Protest in Tunis over president’s “power grab” as economy worsensF

Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated Sunday in the capital against President Kais Saied's power grab and the economic crisis in the North African country. "Poverty has increased", and "Famine is at our doorsteps", they chanted as at least 2,000...
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Algeria wants to jail right activist Zaki Hannache over bogus charge of “apology for terrorism”F

An Algerian court on Thursday charged rights activist Zaki Hannache of "praising terrorism" and spreading "false news" and remanded him into custody, a rights group said.  Hannache, 32, was a prominent figure in the Hirak mass protest movement which forced veteran...
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