Amnesty International has sharply criticized Algeria for its “escalating repression” and “arbitrary” arrests and “unfair” ...

Amnesty International on Thursday denounced what it called a "crackdown on peaceful dissent" in Algeria in response to an ...

On January 20, 2025, just four days after his arrest, a court in Algiers sentenced activist and poet Mohamed Tadjadit to five years in prison. The trial ...

Amnesty International called on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist and poet Mohamed Tadjadit, who is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for his ...

Algeria says it shot down the Malian drone March 31 when ... where a mixture of Tuareg movements and transnational jihadi groups wield power. Amnesty International last year accused Mali's army of ...

In response to a new online protest movement and in the lead up to the sixth anniversary of the Hirak movement in February 2025, Algerian authorities have intensified their relentless clampdown on ...

In Algeria and Tunisia, the law allows rapists to escape prosecution ... Definitions of rape fall short of international standards, limited to a man having sexual relations with a women against her ...

Amnesty International says that 1,518 executions were carried out worldwide in 2024, marking a 32% increase on the previous year. Global executions reached their highest levels in almost a decade ...

Amnesty International's Secretary General Agnes Callamard said the "tide is turning" on capital punishment, adding that "it is only a matter of time until the world is free from the shadow of the ...

Algeria says it shot down the Malian drone ... of Tuareg movements and transnational jihadi groups wield power. Amnesty International last year accused Mali's army of using drones against ...