Said Chitour Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ urges Algeria’s Prime Minister to release freelance journalist and fixer Said Chitour

November 22, 2017 2:07 PM EST

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.

Algerian journalist jailed pending trial for ‘espionage’

July 7, 2017 4:09 PM EDT

New York, July 7, 2017–Algerian authorities should immediately release independent journalist and fixer Said Chitour and should drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.