It is time to choose what we believe in and I choose to believe in the promise of the UN Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and especially in the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders because HRDs are the people who breathe life into the UDHR, writes Mary Lawlor
An Algerian activist who had refugee status in Tunisia but was mysteriously returned to face trial in Algeria was jailed Friday for three years on terror charges, a rights group said.
UN-WGAD slams Algeria over abduction & arbitrary detention of activist Kamira Nait Sid, calls for her immediate release – The North Africa Post northafricapost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from northafricapost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On the third anniversary of the pro-democracy protest movement Hirak, human rights organisations express their alarm over the dangerous intensification of repressive tactics Algerian authorities are using to silence peaceful dissent and stifle civil society.