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Spotlight: Algeria Censorship Free Expression & the Law

Tunisian journalists detained, expelled during Algeria protests

Tunisian journalists detained, expelled during Algeria protests

5 April 2019
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Reuters reporter Tarek Amara and TRT reporter Intissar Chelly were detained and deported from Algeria. Both had traveled to cover the ongoing anti-government protests.

Algeria Highlights
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Algeria Censorship Freedom of Assembly

Barred from covering unrest, Algerian journalists hold own protests

Algerian journalist Lynda Abbou explains why protests that have swept the country in recent weeks were a pivotal moment for journalists frustrated at censorship.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎30 March 2019

Algeria Attacks Freedom of Assembly

Arbitrary arrests at election protests in Algeria

Authorities should allow Algerians to assemble peacefully and refrain from using excessive force against demonstrators opposing a fifth term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)‎ 5 March 2019

Algeria Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law

Algerian blogger Touati Merzoug sentenced to 10 years in prison

RSF condemns the ten-year jail sentence that the Algerian blogger Touati Merzoug received yesterday from a court after more than a year in pre-trial detention.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎29 May 2018

Latest from Algeria

Algerian editor Hadda Hazem goes on hunger strike to save her newspaper

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Algeria Free Expression & the Law 23 November 2017
Two journalists attacked in Algeria while promoting Kabyle language and media

‎ PEN International

Algeria Attacks Censorship 18 September 2017
Algerian journalist jailed pending trial for 'espionage'

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Algeria Free Expression & the Law 10 July 2017
Karima Bennoune: More than just competing extremisms

‎ Sara Whyatt for IFEX

International Algeria Attacks Censorship 1 June 2017
Algerian writer under threat of arrest on blasphemy charges

‎ PEN International

Algeria Free Expression & the Law 27 March 2017
Algerian journalist faces treason charges

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Algeria Free Expression & the Law 1 March 2017
Algerian faces 25 years over Israeli official interview

‎ Global Voices

Algeria Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 1 February 2017
British-Algerian journalist's death shocks nation

‎ Global Voices

Algeria 16 December 2016
Algeria's Facebook lament

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Free Expression & the Law 31 August 2016
Algeria's alarming trend

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Algeria Attacks Free Expression & the Law 6 July 2016
Independent journalism under threat in Algeria

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Algeria Censorship Free Expression & the Law 30 June 2016
Algerian labor rights defender Belkacem Khencha convicted for Facebook video

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 7 June 2016
Algerian Prime Minister calls for 'clean up' of the broadcasting sector

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Algeria Censorship Free Expression & the Law 30 May 2016
Fined for a Facebook post: Algeria's criminalization of caricatures

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 14 April 2016
Teachers beaten, arrested during labour protests in Algeria

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Freedom of Assembly 31 March 2016
Pro-autonomy Algerian activists detained, could face death penalty

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Freedom of Assembly 27 August 2015
Authorities launch attack on satire in Algeria using censorship as a weapon

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Algeria Censorship 29 April 2015
Algerian authorities step up harassment of print media

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Algeria Free Expression & the Law 26 March 2015
Algerian editor sentenced to three years on blasphemy charges

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Algeria Free Expression & the Law 17 March 2015
Algeria cracks down on labour rights activists

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Freedom of Assembly 24 February 2015
Algerian journalist held for more than a year without charge

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Algeria Free Expression & the Law 14 November 2014
Algerian protesters sentenced to prison in apparently unfair trial

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Freedom of Assembly 30 July 2014
Algerian officials target movement opposing Bouteflika's fourth term

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Freedom of Assembly 5 May 2014
On eve of presidential election, Algerian protesters face violent crackdown

‎ Human Rights Watch

Algeria Attacks Freedom of Assembly 24 April 2014
Ahead of Algerian elections, both foreign and local journalists face restrictions

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Algeria Censorship Free Expression & the Law 16 April 2014
Prior to John Kerry's visit to Algeria, freedom of information concerns raised

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Access to Information Algeria Free Expression & the Law 2 April 2014

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Freedom of the Press 2016: Algeria

The Ministry of Communication continued to block the distribution of foreign media when it deemed their content objectionable.

Freedom House 24 April 2016
Freedom of the Press 2015: Algeria

Ranked 135th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015
Freedom of the Press 2014: Algeria

Ranked 127th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2014

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