Algeria
North Africa
Tracking the criminalization of dissent, association restrictions, and the systematic targeting of activists and journalists in Algeria.
Our position on Algeria
We call for the release of Hirak activists, journalists and trade unionists held under sweeping security and counter-terrorism provisions, fair trials for those prosecuted, and an end to the closure of independent associations such as SOS Disappeared.
HuMENA
Areas of work
What we work on in Algeria.
Civic Space & Freedoms
LatestAlgeria’s Disappeared Remain Unaccounted For, While Authorities Target Those Demanding Truth and Justice
Protection of Defenders
LatestAlgeria | Authorities must implement judicial decision lifting search notice against journalist Saïd Boudour
Inclusive Governance & Justice
LatestAlgeria | Authorities must repeal the extension of the death penalty and abandon any plans to resume executions
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HuMENA's work in Algeria
Our statements, letters and reports on Algeria, newest first.
Oct 2026
JOINT STATEMENTS
Aug 2026
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jul 2026
STATEMENTS
Feb 2026
PRESS RELEASES
Nov 2025
JOINT STATEMENTS
At the international level
Where this work meets the institutions.
UN UPR
Joint submissions on civic space
UN WGAD
Communications on detained activists
Joint statements
With regional and international NGOs
Defenders
Cases we follow.
Human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers whose cases in Algeria we follow. Some people we document are not named here, for their safety.
Our publications on defenders.
Joint Statements
Algeria | Authorities must repeal the extension of the death penalty and abandon any plans to resume executions
22 Oct 2026
Joint Statements
Algeria’s Disappeared Remain Unaccounted For, While Authorities Target Those Demanding Truth and Justice
30 Aug 2026
Statements
Algeria | Authorities must implement judicial decision lifting search notice against journalist Saïd Boudour
31 Jul 2026
Statements
Algeria | Closure of the office of the “SOS Disappeared” association, affiliated with the Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria, constitutes a direct attack on freedom of association and the right to truth
23 Mar 2026
Press Releases
Algeria | 10-year prison sentence for unionist and human rights defender Ali Al-Omari, with serious concerns regarding fair trial guarantees
4 Feb 2026
Joint Statements
Algeria | Human rights organisations and international trade union federations call for the immediate release of unionist and human rights defender Ali Mammeri
25 Nov 2025Publications
Reports, statements, and analyses.
Algeria | Authorities must repeal the extension of the death penalty and abandon any plans to resume executions
Algeria’s Disappeared Remain Unaccounted For, While Authorities Target Those Demanding Truth and Justice
Algeria | Authorities must implement judicial decision lifting search notice against journalist Saïd Boudour
Algeria | Closure of the office of the “SOS Disappeared” association, affiliated with the Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria, constitutes a direct attack on freedom of association and the right to truth
Algeria | 10-year prison sentence for unionist and human rights defender Ali Al-Omari, with serious concerns regarding fair trial guarantees
Algeria | Human rights organisations and international trade union federations call for the immediate release of unionist and human rights defender Ali Mammeri
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