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Poll fraud claims as Algerians re-elect president By Roula Khalaf in Algiers, Financial Times, April 10 2004 Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika yesterday won a second five-year term after...

An Algerian Presidential Free-for-All Youcef Bouandel*, Merip, April 6, 2004 http://www.merip.org/mero/mero040604.html The Algerian presidential elections coming up on April 8 have captured the imagination of the electorate like...

Algerian leader wins poll with ‘laughable’ 83 per cent of vote By John Lichfield in Paris, The Independent, 10 April 2004 The Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, swept back...

Prisoner ‘A’: no charge, no trial, no conviction and no release date. Welcome to Britain’s war on terror In the first interview with a detainee under the government’s...

Authorities acknowledge but not acting on problem of missing thousands, HRW Algeria Interface, 27 February 2003 US-based rights organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just published an extensive...

Caged Prisoners leave Algiers cold Algeria Interface, 21 March 2003 The Algerian authorities have shown not the slightest concern nor paid a single visit to Algerians being held...

Resentment and relief in quieter Kabylia Algeria Interface, 13 March 2003 Two years after the Kabyle Black Spring uprising there is both resentment and relief in provincial capital...

INTERFACE INTERVIEWS Roger Clark of Amnesty International Algeria Interface, 28 february 2003 Algiers, 28/02/03 – Roger Clark is head of Amnesty International’s delegation to Algeria. It has just...

Quake Demolishes Confidence in Algerian Rulers By Craig S.Smith, New York Times, 30 May 2003 ERGANA, Algeria, May 28 — More than just buildings collapsed in the earthquake...

INTERFACE INTERVIEWS Eric Goldstein of Human Rights Watch Algeria Interface, 5 march 2003 Paris, 05/03/03 – Eric Goldstein is North Africa and Middle East Research Director for US-based...

Interface Interviews rights activist Ali Yahia Abdenour Algeria Interface, January 15, 2003 Algiers, 15/01/2003 – Ali Yahia Abdenour presides the independent human rights watchdog, the Algerian League for...

New rights watchdog has little bark, less bite Algeria Interface, January 29, 2003 Algeria’s former human rights watchdog was seen as a lapdog of the authorities. Its successor,...

The double standards, dubious morality and duplicity of this fight against terror Meanwhile, we are ploughing on to war in Iraq, which has oil, but avoiding war in...

Sahara warning as 31 tourists vanish Paul Webster in Paris, The Observer, April 13, 2003 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,935828,00.html The endless dunes and towering rock formations of the southern Sahara have...

Commando raid frees Algeria hostages Staff and agencies, The Guardian, May 14, 2003 Detail from a German poster showing tourists missing in Algeria since February 2003. 17 of...

Terror thrives in Algeria’s climate of bloody conflict Country is third-largest provider of al-Qaida manpower Giles Tremlett, The Guardian, January 17, 2003 It has rumbled on in Algeria...

Human rights: BP Crude politics BP has been honourable in its intentions, says Terry Macalister, but day-to-day operation is proving to be far more difficult The Guardian, November...

Fears Army is poised to rein in the Press Algeria Interface, 01 February 2002 01/02/02 – Four defamation cases against Algeria’s print press have fuelled fears the regime...

Algerian general target of new torture allegations in French court PARIS, July 1 (AFP) – Nine Algerians have filed complaints in a Paris court against the country’s former...

Algerian opposition leader accuses general of election ‘coup’ PARIS, July 4 (AFP) The leader of Algeria’s oldest opposition party, the Socialist Forces Front, on Thursday accused the country’s...

Ex-Algerian minister sues author AP, July 1, 2002 PARIS, France (AP) — A former Algerian defence minister is suing a ex-army officer and best-selling author for defamation for...

Algerian author sued over war claims Tens of thousands have died in the civil war By James Coomarasamy , BBC correspondent in Paris, 1 July, 2002 Former Algerian...

Trial opens on Algeria’s dirty war charges PARIS, Jul 01, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) A trial opened Monday in which the author of a sensational book...

Algerian army role in atrocities debated at French courtroom Jul 4, 2002 (Al-Bawaba via COMTEX) A Paris courtroom has become a public stage for charges that the Algerian...

Honour of Algerian army in the dock at Paris defamation trial by Raphael Hermano, AFP, June 30, 2002 PARIS, June 30 (AFP) – A former top Algerian official...

Business appetites whetted ahead of land reform Algeria Interface, november 11, 2002 Wealthy businessmen are already buying up farmers’ land use ahead of reform plans that will introduce...

The middle class is no longer in the middle Algeria Interface, October 23, 2002 Algeria’s middle classes have fallen prey to poverty and the gap between haves and...

Algerian media freer but not free, RSF Algeria Interface, november 26, 2002 Press freedom in Algeria is threatened by lawlessness and corruption now that Islamist violence has abated,...

Former defense minister confronts best-selling author over allegations of military atrocities in war against Islamic extremists By ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press Writer, July 1, 2002 PARIS – A...

Interface Interviews: Hocine Zahouane Algeria Interface, September 24, 2002 Algiers, 24/09/2002 – Hocine Zahouane is vice-president of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH). He...

Interface Interviews: Mourad Dhina Algeria Interface, September 19, 2002 Geneva, 19/09/2002 – Mourad Dhina is a prominent member of the FIS. He lives in Switzerland and is one...

Time for Changing of the old Guard Algeria Interface, July 27, 2002 The old generation of army top brass who have run the all-powerful military institution are still...

Mohamed Samraoui, Former secret service officer Algeria Interface Mohamed Samraoui, who once held the rank of colonel in Algeria’s feared secret service, the Département du Renseignement et de...

Sinned-against Nezzar sins again Algeria Interface, July 12, 2002 Khaled Nezzar and his supporters have published a memo they wrote to the French public prosecutor at the time...

Army Chief pulls Military out of Power games Algeria Interface, July 18, 2002 In an unprecedented press conference army chief-of-staff Mohamed Lamari asserted that the army was a...

Interface Interview: Lyes Laribi Algeria Interface, June 28, 2002 Paris, 28/06/02 Lyes Laribi is to publish a book describing how he was arbitrarily detained and tortured in the...

ILO Calls on Algerian Government to respect Labour Rights Algeria Interface, September 18, 2002 The International Labor Organization has urged the Algerian government to uphold the right to...

Charges eclipsed as regime goes on trial Algeria Interface, July 5, 2002 At the Paris trial this week of whistleblower and author, Habib Souaidia, on defamation charges brought...

Nezzar vs Souaidia: Military economists in the dock Algeria Interface, July 5, 2002 The military strong men who effectively ruled the country since cancelling elections in 1992 have...

Former Intelligence Officer and Trial Witness looks back Algeria Interface, July 5, 2002 Paris, 05/07/02 – Mohamed Samraoui is a former secret service officer. He was in Paris...