Catégorie : Torture

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:...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...