Advocacy / Algeria
Algeria: Lift undue restrictions on associations
MENA Rights Group joins Human Rights Watch and six other human rights organizations in calling for a review of Algeria’s draft law on associations to ensure its compliance with international standards on freedom of association.
UN Secretary-General’s 2025 report highlights reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA
MENA Rights Group provides a summary of the UNSG's main concerns over reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA region, particularly in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen.
Solidarité avec la défenseure des droits humains Nassera Dutour suite à son expulsion d'Algérie
Face à une grave atteinte aux droits fondamentaux d’une citoyenne algérienne engagée pour la vérité et la justice, nous, membres du Collectif Solidarité Algérie, avec le soutien d’organisations internationales, dénonçons une dérive autoritaire inacceptable et rendons public ce qui suit :
Législation sécuritaire: la société civile alerte sur les dérives autoritaires en Algérie
Les organisations signataires expriment leur vive préoccupation suite à l’adoption, ce mardi 8 juillet 2025 par le Parlement algérien, de deux textes législatifs majeurs: la modification du Code de procédure pénale et la promulgation d’une nouvelle loi relative à la mobilisation générale. Ces évolutions interviennent dans un contexte de fermeture accrue de l’espace civique et sans consultation ouverte et transparente avec les acteur.ice.s concernés, notamment les organisations de la société civile.
Muzzled freedom in Algeria
Everyone is a target. From journalists to poets.
Crackdown on freedoms in Algeria: a panel of experts calls for urgent reforms
On March 7, 2025, MENA Rights Group co-hosted a side event during the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The event focused on the shrinking civic space in Algeria since the visit in the country of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, in 2023. The discussion coincided with the presentation of the Special Rapporteur’s country visit report.
Joint letter to UN Human Rights Council on the repression of civic space in Algeria
MENA Rights Group joins regional and international civil society in urging UN Member States to address the ongoing repression of civic space in Algeria during the upcoming 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Algeria: Arbitrary travel bans against critics
Algerian authorities have increasingly used arbitrary travel bans to retaliate against perceived critics, Human Rights Watch and MENA Rights Group said. The authorities should lift the arbitrary bans and stop using them as a tool to repress dissent.
UN Secretary-General’s 2024 report highlights reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA
MENA Rights Group provides a summary of the UNSG's main concerns over reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA region, particularly in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen.