VIDEO: Rachid Nekkaz arrested on his way to Algiers
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika: portrait of a tolerated dictator
For the past 20 years, Abdelaziz Bouteflika has ruled Algeria with an iron fist, consolidating the country’s power poles within a clan made up of oligarchs, political dinosaurs and his immediate family members. In a context of political turmoil, human…
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In Bouteflika’s Algeria, internet is cut off and the press is forbidden from filming a historic protest
Police forces have been deployed in large numbers this Friday, March 1st, in the capital Algiers, in anticipation of protests against Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term, all police units have reportedly been instructed to prevent any media coverage of…
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VIDEO: Shocking images of torture in Libyan migrants centres emerge
A report by Channel 4, broadcast on Monday February 25th, reveals the inhuman conditions of detention of migrants in Libya. The reportage illustrates the migrants’ everyday life in detention centres in Libya. Migrants are malnourished, beaten and burned, many are…
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VIDEO: journalists brutally arrested in Algiers
This morning, the police arrested a number of journalists who had gathered to protest for a free press and against the current censorship by the regime in Algiers. More than one hundred journalists, photographers, cameramen who came to protest, were…
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Reporters Without Borders: regime is repressing journalists and cutting internet access
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stated today, February 26th, that it was “alarmed” by the repression of journalists and media outlets who sought to report on the large protests that began on February 22nd. The following are extracts of the statement…
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How Bouteflika instrumentalises mosques for political ends
The Algerian Ministry of Religious Affairs has issued a note to mosques, summoning imams to boast during yesterday’s prayers, the “health benefits” of keeping the same regime. Faced with anonymous calls made on social networks, for Algerians to demonstrate en masse…
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Massive protests in Algeria could mean the end of the Bouteflika clan
Algerians have risen against what many of them consider an illegitimate occupying force. Initially scheduled after Friday prayers, protests against the fifth term have already begun in the morning. Citizens gathered in Boumerdes, Annaba, Blida and Relizane, to mention a…
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Amnesty International to Algeria: “You must sort out your human rights affairs”
The human rights NGO Amnesty International called today on the Algerian authorities to stop restricting the peaceful activities of associations by repealing current laws and developing others in line with international standards. “In Algeria, under law 12-06 relating to associations,…
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Algerians show their rejection of Bouteflika’s presidential bid
Nearly a thousand protesters gathered yesterday at the ‘Place de la Republique’ in Paris, to denounce the authoritarian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Protesters, overwhelmingly Algerians living in France, chanted slogans hostile to the outgoing President and his clan. Several demonstrations have…
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