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Détention d’un syndicaliste algérien poursuivi abusivement pour « terrorisme »

Détention d’un syndicaliste algérien poursuivi abusivement pour « terrorisme »

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Ali Mammeri est un fonctionnaire, opposant et militant du Hirak, président du Syndicat national des fonctionnaires de la culture (SNFC) et membre du conseil national de la Confédération syndicale des Forces Productives (COSYFOP). Il a fait l’objet de représailles et de menaces de poursuites judiciaires à la suite de sa campagne de syndicalisation dans le secteur culturel en 2024. 
Le 19 mars 2025, M. Ali Mammeri a été arrêté sur son lieu de travail à Oum El Bouaghi, Algérie, par des agents en civil. 

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Detention of an Algerian trade unionist wrongfully prosecuted for “terrorism”

Detention of an Algerian trade unionist wrongfully prosecuted for “terrorism”

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Ali Mammeri is a civil servant, dissident and Hirak activist, president of the Syndicat national des fonctionnaires de la culture (SNFC) and member of the Conseil national de la Confédération syndicale des Forces Productives (COSYFOP). He was the subject of reprisals and threats of legal action after organizing a unionisation campaign in the cultural sector in 2024. 

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Algerian human rights lawyer Mounir Gharbi sentenced for his posts on social media

Algerian human rights lawyer Mounir Gharbi sentenced for his posts on social media

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Mounir Gharbi is a lawyer and a member of the  National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees, established in 2019 during the Hirak movement to advocate for the release of political and conscience prisoners.

Gharbi is facing two legal proceedings, one related to comments posted on Facebook, and the other concerning the content of a 2020 plea pronounced in the courtroom in which he defended the fundamental rights of the prisoners of conscience he represented.

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Algerian poet Mohamed Tadjadit arbitrarily detained since January 2025

Algerian poet Mohamed Tadjadit arbitrarily detained since January 2025

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Mohamed Tadjadit is a human rights defender and renowned poet. Known for his poetic texts in Darija (Algerian Arabic), he is a leading figure among the young people active in the Hirak movement. Since his involvement in the Hirak, Tadjadit has been subjected to judicial harassment, which began in November 2019. Since then, he has been imprisoned five times.

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