Algerian poet Mohamed Tadjadit arbitrarily detained since January 2024
Timeline
January 20, 2025: Tadjadit is sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment by the Rouiba court in Algiers on January 20, 2025, in an immediate appearance, for “exposing to the public publications likely to harm the national interest”, “undermining the integrity of national territory” and “insulting a constituted body”
January 16, 2025: Tadjadit is arrested after taking part in the campaign around the hashtag #JeSuisPasSatisfait.
October 30, 2024: Tadjadit is provisionally released on November 1 following a presidential pardon.
July 24, 2024: MENA Rights Group sends an urgent appeal to several UN special procedures mandate holders regarding the situation of Mohamed Tadjadit.
July 23, 2024: Tadjadit is sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the Bab El Oued court in the case linked to his arrest on April 4, 2023.
January 24, 2024: Tadjadit is arrested for a fifth time.
October 26, 2022: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) describes Tadjadit’s detention as arbitrary.
October 24, 2022: Tadjadit is arrested for a fourth time before being provisionally released on November 6, 2022.
August 7, 2022: Tadjadit is released after serving his sentence.
July 27, 2022: Tadjadit’s sentence is reduced on appeal to 16 months' imprisonment.
March 29, 2022: Tadjadit is sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.
April 4, 2021: Tadjadit is arrested for a third time after broadcasting a video in which a minor claims to have been a victim of sexual assault by the police.
January 21, 2021: Tadjadit is sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, two of them suspended. He is released the same day.
August 23, 2020: Tadjadit is arrested a second time before being prosecuted on 10 counts including “undermining national unity”, “inciting an unarmed gathering”, “offending the President of the Republic” and “disseminating false news”.
January 2, 2020: Tadjadit is released by a presidential pardon.
December 19, 2019: Tadjadit is sentenced by the Sidi M’Hamed court to 18 months' imprisonment for “undermining national unity”.
November 11, 2019: Tadjadit is arrested for the first time before being charged with “exposing to public view publications likely to harm the national interest”.