Articles - Algeria
16 February 2011
Bahrain / Algeria / Iran / Yemen
Journalists, peaceful protesters violently suppressed
The ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has reinvigorated protests across the Arab region, resulting in clashes between security forces and protesters in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran and Yemen, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Human Rights Watch and IFEX members in the region.
22 April 2009
Algeria
Press freedom abuses rise during elections
Press freedom violations have increased under Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, many occurring during this month's electoral campaign, say the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Bouteflika was re-elected to a third term on 9 April.
14 July 2006
Algeria
INDULTAN A PERIODISTAS; INSTAN A PRESIDENTE A REFORMAR LEYES DE DIFAMACIÓN
14 July 2006
Algeria
DES JOURNALISTES BÉNÉFICIENT D'UN PARDON; LE PRÉSIDENT EST PRIÉ DE RÉFORMER LES LOIS SUR LA DIFFAMATION
12 July 2006
Algeria
JOURNALISTS PARDONED; PRESIDENT URGED TO REFORM DEFAMATION LAWS
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has pardoned all journalists convicted of defamation offences, a move welcomed by local journalists and by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). However, the organisations say longer term reforms need to be initiated to protect press freedom, including abolishing the country's criminal defamation laws.
14 April 2006
Algeria
LES PRIX BARBARA-GOLDSMITH DE 2006 DU PEN POUR LA LIBERTÉ D'ÉCRIRE HONORENT UN JOURNALISTE ALGÉRIEN ET UN ROMANCIER TURKMÈNE
16 June 2005
Algeria
DES LOIS TRÈS DURES PÉNALISENT LES JOURNALISTES
16 June 2005
Algeria
LEYES SEVERAS CASTIGAN A PERIODISTAS
15 June 2005
Algeria
HARSH LAWS PENALISE JOURNALISTS
IFEX members are calling attention to Algeria's Criminal Code, which is being used by authorities to jail journalists who report critically on the government and the military. In the past week, at least four have been convicted of criminal defamation and three have received prison sentences. There are also hundreds of cases pending against journalists.
22 November 2004
Algeria
LA FIJ FAIT RENAÎTRE LE CENTRE DE SOUTIEN AUX JOURNALISTES
22 November 2004
Algeria
FIP REVIVE CENTRO DE ASISTENCIA A PERIODISTAS
17 November 2004
Algeria
IFJ REVIVES JOURNALIST SUPPORT CENTRE
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has relaunched its Solidarity Centre in Algeria as part of a new campaign to improve the rights of Algerian journalists and monitor attacks on press freedom.
16 July 2004
Algeria
ARGELIA: IMPONEN SENTENCIAS DE CÁRCEL A TRES PERIODISTAS
4 July 2004
Algeria
LA FIJ ENTEND SURVEILLER LES VIOLATIONS DE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE
2 July 2004
Algeria
FIP VOLVERÁ A ABRIR CENTRO DE VIGILANCIA DE LIBERTAD DE PRENSA
1 July 2004
Algeria
IFJ TO RELAUNCH PRESS-FREEDOM MONITORING CENTRE
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is calling for an international action plan to monitor press-freedom violations in Algeria and support independent journalists amidst signs of a new wave of attacks against the press.
28 September 2003
Algeria
PERIÓDICOS INDEPENDIENTES PREPARAN CIERRE
28 September 2003
Algeria
LES JOURNAUX INDÉPENDANTS ORGANISENT UNE JOURNÉE SANS PARUTION
24 September 2003
Algeria
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS STAGE SHUTDOWN
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) are calling attention to Algeria, where the independent press is staging a one-day shutdown today to protest the government's harassment and arrest of journalists and media outlets.
12 September 2003
Algeria
UN LIVRE DE RSF FAIT LA CHRONIQUE DES VIOLATIONS DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE EN ALGÉRIE
12 September 2003
Algeria
LIBRO DE RSF DESCRIBE VIOLACIONES A LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN ARGELIA
9 September 2003
Algeria
RSF BOOK CHRONICLES ALGERIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
In the 11 years since the Algerian government imposed a state of emergency on the country, between 100,000 and 200,000 people died, while thousands of others were tortured and disappeared, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) says. While violence has decreased in the past several years, the seal of impunity surrounding human rights violations remains strong.
5 September 2003
Algeria
LES JOURNAUX INDÉPENDANTS SUBISSENT DES PRESSIONS
5 September 2003
Algeria
PERIÓDICOS INDEPENDIENTES PRESIONADOS
3 September 2003
Algeria
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS UNDER PRESSURE
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) have expressed concerns over press-freedom conditions in Algeria, where government-controlled printers have threatened to stop publishing six privately owned daily newspapers in recent weeks.
26 November 2002
Algeria
LES JOURNALISTES DE PLUS EN PLUS CONFRONTÉS AUX MENACES ET À L?INTIMIDATION
26 November 2002
Algeria
PERIODISTAS SE ENFRENTAN A AMENAZAS E INTIMIDACIÓN CONSTANTES
26 November 2002
Algeria
JOURNALISTS FACE ONGOING THREATS AND INTIMIDATION
While killings and disappearances of journalists in Algeria have decreased in recent years, journalists continue to be the target of threats by local officials, business people and guerrilla movements, and impunity remains widespread, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). The organisation recently released its findings from a mission to Algeria in October.
30 July 2002
Algeria
ENCUENTRAN A PERIODISTA MUERTO EN SU CASA
30 July 2002
Algeria
UN JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ CHEZ LUI
30 July 2002
Algeria
JOURNALIST FOUND MURDERED AT HOME
Veteran Algerian television journalist Mourad Belkacem has been found murdered in his home in Algiers, leaving many in the local journalism community "seriously distressed," reports the Algerian Centre for the Promotion of Press Freedom (Centre algérien de defense de la liberté de la presse, CALP).
5 February 2002
Algeria
AUTORIDADES MONTAN "NUEVA CAMPAÑA DE INTIMIDACIÓN A MEDIOS"
5 February 2002
Algeria
LES AUTORITÉS MÈNENT "UNE NOUVELLE CAMPAGNE D'INTIMIDATION CONTRE LES MÉDIAS"
5 February 2002
Algeria
AUTHORITIES MOUNT "NEW CAMPAIGN OF MEDIA INTIMIDATION"
In what independent Algerians journalists are calling a "new campaign of media intimidation," authorities are planning legal action against several journalists for allegedly defaming a number of army officials, report the Algerian Centre for the Promotion of Press Freedom (CALP), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Index on Censorship (INDEX). Between 25 and 29 January, police summoned Ali Dilem, cartoonist for "Liberté", "El Watan" journalist Salima Tlemçani and "Le Matin" columnist Sid Ahmed Semiane for questioning. CALP says that in the case of Dilem, a cartoon he drew for "Liberté's" 29 November issue was considered "defamatory and prejudicial to senior officials of the military hierarchy." Tlemçani was questioned for writing an investigative article which revealed an army officer's involvement in a housing scandal.
19 June 2001
Algeria
EN MANIFESTACIÓN; SENADO APRUEBA PENAS POR DIFAMACIÓN MÁS SEVERAS
19 June 2001
Algeria
DE LA NATION INSÈRE DES PEINES PLUS FORTES DANS LES LOIS SUR LA DIFFAMATION
19 June 2001
Algeria
AT DEMONSTRATION; SENATE APPROVES TOUGHER DEFAMATION PENALTIES
Fadhila Nedjma, a journalist with the weekly "Echourouk", and Adel Zerrouk, a correspondent for the daily "Erraï", were killed on 14 June during a demonstration in Algiers, reports the Algerian Centre for the Promotion of Press Freedom (formerly the International Federation of Journalists Algerian Centre). Several journalists reported that demonstrators attacked a garage owned by the bus transportation company ETUSA and began to burn company vehicles. The company's drivers tried to save the buses by driving them quickly out of the garage. One of the buses reportedly struck a group of people, including Nedjma. A senior official from the Algerian Ministry of the Interior, cited by the Algerian Centre, states that Nedjma later died in hospital of chest and leg injuries. The same official says that Zerrouk was reportedly trampled by the crowd of demonstrators. The authorities have launched an inquiry into the deaths of the two journalists, who were the only people killed during the violent demonstration, reports the Algerian Centre.
6 February 2001
Algeria
RSF EXIGE INVESTIGACIONES DE CASOS DE PERIODISTAS "DESAPARECIDOS"
6 February 2001
Algeria
RSF QU?ON OUVRE DES ENQUÊTES SUR LES CAS DE JOURNALISTES "DISPARUS"
6 February 2001
Algeria
RSF DEMANDS INVESTIGATIONS INTO CASES OF "DISAPPEARED" JOURNALISTS
A 14-19 January Reporters sans frontières (RSF) delegation to Algeria investigated reports that three journalists were disappeared and two were killed between 1994 and 1997: Aziz Bouabdallah, Djamil Fahassi, Salah Kitouni, Mohamed Hassaïne and Kaddour Bousselham. While witnesses reported that the first three journalists were kidnapped by members of the security forces, and the other two were kidnapped and then murdered by armed Islamist groups, the RSF delegation discovered that no serious investigations were ever conducted to identify the perpetrators of the crimes.
11 July 2000
Algeria
LIBERTAD DE MEDIOS EN LIBERTAD CONDICIONAL, DICE INFORME DE RSF
11 July 2000
Algeria
LA LIBERTÉ DES MÉDIAS EST EN LIBERTÉ SURVEILLÉE, DIT RSF
11 July 2000
Algeria
MEDIA FREEDOM ON PROBATION, SAYS RSF REPORT
In a report released on 4 July, Reporters sans frontières (RSF) analyses the state of press freedom in the country, four years after the last assassination of a journalist. "The Algerian press currently enjoys greater freedom of tone, accompanied by the creation of new titles, and there are over 30 dailies in existence today," says RSF. "The authorities try, however, to curb this freedom by economic and legal means. Certain sympathies in Algerian society are rarely or never found in the country's main news media."
13 April 1999
Algeria
DES MÉDIAS ÉTRANGERS SONT TOUJOURS LIMITÉS
13 April 1999
Algeria
FOREIGN MEDIA STILL RESTRICTED AS ELECTIONS APPROACH
Foreign journalists continue to be restricted in their reporting by the government of Algeria, writes the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) prior to Algeria's presidential election on 15 April. In a 9 April letter to Algerian President Liamine Zeroual, CPJ writes, "Algerian authorities have systematically enforced a policy of providing mandatory armed government escorts for foreign reporters - a policy which has severely curtailed the ability of journalists to carry out their work." Escorts accompany reporters everywhere outside their hotels, preventing them "from conducting serious investigative journalism in Algeria, including carrying out sensitive interviews and meeting with opposition figures," says CPJ. The Algerian government maintains that security escorts are essential to protection foreign journalists, says CPJ, noting that it records 58 reporters and editors killed by suspected Islamist militants between 1993 and 1996. However, CPJ responds that "foreign reporters who travel to Algeria increasingly describe mandatory security escorts as a mechanism of government control - to monitor and restrict the reporting and movements of journalists - rather than a means of protection."
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