Journalists attacked in Algeria since 1992
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Algeria detains three journalists who covered protests, alleged corruption
October 17, 2019 1:26 PM ET
Washington, D.C., October 17, 2019--Algerian authorities should immediately release journalists Said Boudour, Abdelmoundji Kheladi, and Adel Azeb Chikh from pretrial detention and drop all charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Two news websites inaccessible in Algeria amid protests, social media shutdowns
June 17, 2019 4:06 PM ET
New York, June 17, 2019 -- Independent news websites Tout Sur l'Algérie and Algérie Part have been widely inaccessible within Algeria since June 12, according to local journalists and news reports. The apparently targeted disruption took place amid anti-government protests that have been ongoing for nearly four months, and...
Algerian state broadcaster suspends two journalists amid reporters' sit-ins
June 12, 2019 10:16 AM ET
In April and May 2019, Algeria's Public Establishment of Television, the state broadcaster, suspended at least two television journalists who sought to cover protests in the country, according to journalists who spoke to CPJ and news reports....
Algeria expels AFP bureau chief Aymeric Vincenot after accreditation expires
April 16, 2019 1:10 PM ET
New York, April 16, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the expulsion of Aymeric Vincenot, the Agence France-Presse bureau chief in Algiers, and called on the Algerian government to facilitate press accreditation for foreign journalists....
Tunisian Reuters and TRT journalists detained, expelled during Algeria protests
April 4, 2019 12:35 PM ET
New York, April 4, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the detention and expulsion of two Tunisian journalists from Algeria and called on Algerian authorities to allow the foreign press to freely cover demonstrations in the country....
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...