Journalists Killed  |  Algeria

Azzedine Saidj

El-Ouma

May 15, 1995, in near Algiers, Algeria

Saidj, former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct independent weekly E- Ouma, was found dead in his car, about 10 miles east of Algiers. His throat had been slit.


Medium: Print

Job: Editor

Beats Covered: Culture, Politics, War

Gender: Male

Local or Foreign: Local

Freelance: No

Type of Death: Murder

Suspected Source of Fire: Unknown Fire

Impunity: Yes

Taken Captive: No

Tortured: No

Threatened: No


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