Journalists killed in Algeria since 1992
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Algerian journalist handed six-month suspended prison sentence
February 6, 2019 3:55 PM ET
On December 25, 2018, the Bab al-Oued court in Algiers sentenced Adlène Mellah, founder of online news outlets Dzair Presse and Algerie-Direct, to one year in prison on charges of "incitement of armed assembly" in response to his coverage of a gathering, according to news reports and his lawyer,...
Court in Algeria sentences blogger to 10 years in prison
May 24, 2018 4:26 PM ET
New York, May 24, 2018--In a one-day trial today, a criminal court in Béjaïa sentenced Algerian blogger Marzoug Touati to 10 years in prison and fined him 50,000 Algerian dinar (US$427) for communicating with a foreign entity and inciting civil disobedience, Touati's lawyer, Salah Dabouz, told CPJ. The conviction...
CPJ urges Algeria's Prime Minister to release freelance journalist and fixer Said Chitour
November 22, 2017 2:07 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists writes to Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia urging him to ask that his government drop the charges against and immediately release freelance journalist and fixer Said Chitour.
Access blocked to Algerian news website
October 27, 2017 3:50 PM ET
Access to the Algerian news website Tout Sur l'Algérie (TSA) (All about Algeria) has been inaccessible on the country's state-owned internet service provider since October 5, 2017, according to news reports and a statement by the website's directors....
Algerian journalist faces treason charges
February 27, 2017 5:18 PM ET
Washington, D.C., February 27, 2017--Algerian authorities should immediately drop all criminal charges against Marzoug Touati, an editor of the news website Al-Hogra, and release him without condition or delay, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Algerian security forces arrested Touati from his home in the coastal city of...
TV station staff who produce satirical news shows arrested in Algeria
June 27, 2016 8:16 PM ET
New York, June 27, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the arrest of two senior staff at a privately owned television station in Algeria on June 24. Mahdi bin Issa, the manager of KBC, and Riyadh Hartouf, a producer, face charges of falsifying permits and complicity in abuse...
Algerian minister threatens to revoke accreditation of foreign press
March 16, 2015 3:37 PM ET
On March 12, 2015, Algerian Communications Minister Hamid Grine said in a press conference that authorities had the right to revoke the accreditation of foreign correspondents if the journalists engaged in insult or defamation, according to news reports....
In Algeria, editor sentenced to three years on blasphemy charges
March 16, 2015 3:36 PM ET
On February 24, 2015, a court in the city of Oran sentenced Mohamed Sharki in absentia to three years and a fine of 200,000 Algerian dinars (US$2,000) on charges of blasphemy, according to news reports and the regional human rights group, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI). The...
Algerian journalist held for more than a year without charge
November 14, 2014 2:08 PM ET
New York, November 14, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the imprisonment of Algerian journalist Abdelhai Abdessamia, who has been held since August 18, 2013. News of Abdessamia's imprisonment was reported by his family in early November, according to news reports....