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Algeria-Watch: Human Rights Violations > Torture

Torture Mounir Hammouche’s death under tortured examined by the UN (AK, 15.01.09) Human Rights League’ Chairman: “General Prosecutors refuse opening investigation on torture cases” (EK, 31.07.08) Report Alkarama:...

Libya: 60 prisoners start a hunger strike

60 prisoners start a hunger strike Two Algerian prisoners in Libya sew their mouth with needle and thread El Khabar, 5 may 2008 Algerian prisoners detained in Libya...

Committee against torture hears response of Algeria

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF ALGERIA 5 May 2008 http://www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/(httpNewsByYear_en) /4235151C0D8B215FC1257440005896C1?OpenDocument The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Algeria to questions raised by Committee...

Committee against torture begins review of report of Algeria

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF ALGERIA 2 May 2008 http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/algeria-committee- against-torture-begins-review-of-report-of-algeria/ The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the third periodic report...

Mounir Hammouche’s death under tortured examined by the UN

Mounir Hammouche’s death under tortured examined by the UN Alkarama for Human Rights, 15 January 2009 http://en.alkarama.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175 Alkarama submitted on 12 January 2009 an individual communication to the...

Rabah Kadri was released

AI Index: MDE 28/004/2008 Amnesty international, 30 April 2008 Further Information on UA 101/08 (MDE 28/003/2008, 18 April 2008) Fear for safety/Fear of torture or other ill-treatment ALGERIA...

Torture of Tahar Façouli

AI Index: MDE 28/021/2002 16 December 2002 APPEAL CASE – ALGERIA TORTURE OF TAHAR FAÇOULI 16/12/2002 AI INDEX: MDE 28/021/2002 Torture to extract information Tahar Façouli, a shopkeeper...

‘PM should call for torture ban’

‘PM should call for torture ban’ Press Association, Monday July 10, 2006 Prime Minister Tony Blair must pressure a visiting head of state to stamp out torture, human...

When France uses Syrian torture

When France uses Syrian torture The trial of the “ Chechen” networks which begins today is based on consents obtained by force from one of the defendants in...

Brahim Soudani, Guelma, Tradesman, January 2003

Testimony of torture Brahim Soudani, Guelma, Tradesman, January 2003 Observatory of the human rights in Algeria (ODHA), Algeria-Watch, June 2003, Translation from french A few days before my...

Testimonies of Torture: Nacera B. (1998)

Testimonies of Torture Nacera B. (1998) Excerpt from a report by Algeria-Watch and Salah-Eddine Sidhoum: Algerie: La machine de mort, October 2003, http://www.algeria-watch.org/fr/mrv/mrvtort/machine_mort/machine_mort.htm On the 29th June 1998...

Testimonies of Torture: Fatma-Zohra B. (1995)

Testimonies of Torture Fatma-Zohra B. (1995) Excerpt from a report by Algeria-Watch and Salah-Eddine Sidhoum: Algerie: La machine de mort, October 2003, http://www.algeria-watch.org/fr/mrv/mrvtort/machine_mort/machine_mort.htm I am an Algerian citizen...

Canada is proceeding with deportation

UPI Intelligence Watch By JOHN C.K. DALY, 27/10/2005 UPI International Correspondent Canada is proceeding with deportation efforts against Algerian terrorist suspect Mohamed Harkat. According to Harkat’s lawyer Paul...

Fear for Safety/Intimidation

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 28/013/2005 UA 251/05 Fear for Safety/Intimidation 23 September 2005 ALGERIA Mehria Brahimi (f) – mother of a “disappeared” Zohra Elouaer (f) – mother of...

Indefinite detention of four Algerian men unlawful

Indefinite detention of four Algerian men unlawful By Rebecca Wood, 28 February 2008, http://www.irr.org.uk/2008/february/ha000025.html Four Algerian men, each detained for between eleven and seventeen months whilst they awaited...

France started expelling Algerians

For alleged terrorism related charges France started expelling Algerians El Khabar,10 mai 2007 French authorities started expelling 7 Algerians towards their native country, after being deprived from the...

9000 illegal migrants in Algerian prisons

Coming from 55 African and Arab countries 9000 illegal migrants in Algerian prisons El Khabar, 13 May 2007 Moroccans ranked first among Arab countries / Asian illegal migrant,...

Asylum-seeker known as “X“ deported to Algeria

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 28/012/2007 12 June 2007 UA 146/06 Incommunicado detention/Torture or ill-treatment ALGERIA Algerian asylum-seeker (m), known as “X“ An Algerian asylum-seeker, known only as “X”...

Ahmed Zaoui is still classified as a security risk

NZ’s lone terror suspect splits country Ahmed Zaoui is still classified as a security risk BBC, 25 october 2006 The case of the only terror suspect to be...

Canada presses for deportation of terror suspect

Canada presses for deportation of terror suspect David Ljunggren, Reuters, 18 July 2006 OTTAWA, July 18 (Reuters) – Canada is pressing ahead with plans to deport an Algerian...

Govt Decides Zaoui Case No Bar To Review

Govt Decides Zaoui Case No Bar To Review Newswire, 05 Dec 2006 http://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid= 349715&catid=32 The Government has given up waiting for the Ahmed Zaoui case to be resolved...