Articles for Algeria

Algeria: Elected member of the FIS - arrested, crucified and disappeared - Alkarama sends Lakhdar Bouzania's case to the Human Rights Committee

Alkarama was mandated to submit a complaint to the Human Rights Committee regarding the disappearance of Mr Lakhdar Bouzenia. Arrested 24 May 1993, Mr Bouzenia was detained incommunicado and severely tortured, including being "crucified", before disappearing during his transfer to Constantine prison a few months after his arrest.

Lakhdar Bouzenia, aged 38 at the time, was a professor of Arabic literature at the Lycée Sidi Abdelaziz in the governorate of Jijel.

11 Jan 2010

Algeria: More than 100 cases of enforced disappearance from Jijel governorate submitted to the UN

Disgruntled by the Algerian authorities' lack of response to demands for truth and justice in the wake of the disappearances of their loved ones, the families of the missing persons from Jijel governorate (300km east of Algiers) continue to call upon the United Nations for their help.

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Today, the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) was once agai

31 Dec 2009

Algeria: Disappearances of Tahar and Bachir Bourefis put forward to the HRC

Alkarama has been mandated to submit a complaint to the Human Rights Committee concerning the disappearances of Tahar and his eldest son Bashir Bourefis, arrested in 1996 in the province of Jijel and gone missing ever since.

Their arrests and disappearances took place in the aftermath of an armed conflict caused by the State coup during January 1992, which saw the widespread and systematic practice of arbitrary arrests and disappearances.

20 Nov 2009

Algeria: Alkarama’s follow-up report to the Committee against Torture

In the context of four recommendations made by the Committee against Torture (CAT), Alkarama submitted a follow-up report to the CAT signaling the fact that these recommendations had yet not been put into place.

02 Nov 2009

Algeria : The Human Rights Committee ask for a reply to their final observations

The Special Rapporteur for the follow-up of final observations to the Human Rights Committee sent a letter on 27 August 2009 to the permanent representative of Algeria to the United Nations reminding him that in the framework of the Committee‘s final observations, the State of Algeria has not submitted any information for three of of the observations during t

02 Nov 2009

Algeria: Malik Medjnoune, arbitrarily detained for 10 years, still no trial

Today, 28 September 2009, 10 years have passed since the day Malik Medjnoune was abducted near his home in Tizi-Ouzou by the Algerian secret services of the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS).

28 Sep 2009

Algeria: Ouaghlissi disappearance case submitted to HRC

On 27 September 1994, while at work, Maamar Ouaghlissi was arrested by three plain clothes agents who identified themselves as members of Security Forces. The grounds for the arrest were not given. Since then, Mr Ouaghlissi has disappeared.

Alkarama appealed to the Human Rights Committee (HRC) on behalf of Mrs Farida Khirani, Ouaghlissi's wife, in the case of a personal communication dated 1 July 2009.

03 Aug 2009

Algeria: Adel Saker, reappears after 11 months of "disappearance"

Alkarama learned that Mr.

29 Jun 2009

Algeria: The “Ksentini Commission” loses its status with the UN

The national institution for human rights (NHRIs) in Algeria, headed by Farouk Ksentini, was demoted by the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions (ICC).

20 Jun 2009

Algeria: The national institution for human rights before the International Coordinating Committee of NHRIs

The Sub-Committee of Accreditation of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) has asked the Commission Nationale Consultative de Promotion et de Protection des Droits de l'Homme (CNCPPDH ) to provide within a year's time established evidence that it has not ceased to comply with the Paris Principles. Through this report, Alkarama hopes to contribute to the review by the ICC for the end of March 2009.

20 Jun 2009