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Algeria
North Africa
Tracking the criminalization of dissent, association restrictions, and the systematic targeting of activists and journalists in Algeria.
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Our position on Algeria
We call for the release of Hirak activists and journalists held under sweeping security and counter-terrorism provisions, an end to the dissolution of independent associations, and the lifting of arbitrary travel bans on defenders.
— HuMENA
The Region, Connected
No country in MENA stands alone.
This country sits at the centre of the threads HuMENA follows — across borders where defenders flee, refugees move, and accountability converges.
Signature
Where our work concentrates here.
Five strategic areas — Civic Space, Defenders, Digital Rights, Governance, Diaspora. Bar height shows the depth of HuMENA's coverage in that area for this country.
Civic Space
Defending freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.
Defenders
Protection support and case advocacy for defenders at risk.
Digital Rights
Surveillance accountability and digital safety for civil society.
Governance
Fair-trial monitoring, judicial independence, and inclusive governance.
Diaspora
Cross-border protection and amplification of exiled voices.
Chronicle
A working record of our interventions.
Statements, reports, advocacy moments, defender cases. Chronological. Growing.
Feb 2026
PRESS RELEASES
Nov 2025
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jul 2025
PRESS RELEASES
Sep 2024
JOINT STATEMENTS
May 2024
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jul 2023
JOINT STATEMENTS
Dec 2022
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jun 2021
JOINT STATEMENTS
May 2020
JOINT STATEMENTS
At the international level
Where this work meets the institutions.
HuMENA carries documentation into the mechanisms with the most leverage — UN bodies, EU institutions, and joint civil-society coalitions.
UN UPR
Joint submissions on civic space
UN WGAD
Communications on detained activists
Joint statements
With regional and international NGOs
Defenders
The people behind the work.
HuMENA stands with human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and activists. Where their identities can be public, we credit them. Where they cannot, we protect them.
Sentenced
Abd Al Hamid Goura
Human rights monitor and head of the Laghouat section of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights, documenting enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention.
Head of the Laghouat section of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights, Abd Al Hamid Goura was arrested at…
SentencedAM
Ali Mammeri
Public sector employee; founder and president of the Independent National Union of Employees in the Culture and Arts Sector.
Ali Mammeri is a public sector employee and trade union president who founded the Independent National Union of Employees in the Culture…
Under restrictionFaleh Hammoudi
Human rights defender and trade unionist; head of the Tlemcen LADDH office and national secretary of SNAPAP's human rights and migration department; monitors migration flows from Algeria to the EU.
Head of the Tlemcen office of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights, convicted to three years in prison for…
SentencedHZ
Hadjer Zitouni
Former Director of Communication and Media at the Algerian Red Crescent; whistleblower on humanitarian aid mismanagement.
Former communications director at the Algerian Red Crescent who reported mismanagement of humanitarian aid in 2023. Detained and prosecuted after the organization's…
Under restrictionJL
Jamila Loukil
Journalist and human rights defender; member of the Algerian League for Human Rights, covering the peaceful Hirak protest movement in Oran.
Journalist and member of the Algerian League for Human Rights, covering Hirak demonstrations in Oran. Charged with terrorism-related offences in 2021 and…
Under restrictionKC
Kaddour Chouicha
University lecturer; vice president of The Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH) and president of its Oran chapter, focusing on political and civil rights advocacy.
University lecturer and vice-president of Algeria's League for the Defence of Human Rights, charged with terrorism offences for his work with the…
Publications
Reports, statements, and analyses.
HuMENA at HRC61: Advocacy on Digital Rights and Civic Space in MENA
Algeria | Closure of the office of the “SOS Disappeared” association, affiliated with the Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria, constitutes a direct attack on freedom of association and the right to truth
Algeria | 10-year prison sentence for unionist and human rights defender Ali Al-Omari, with serious concerns regarding fair trial guarantees
Algeria | Human rights organisations and international trade union federations call for the immediate release of unionist and human rights defender Ali Mammeri
Algeria | HuMENA Condemns the Upheld Sentence Against Boualem Sansal: A Grave Violation of Freedom of Expression and Fair Trial Guarantees
HuMENA and 24 CSOs express deep concern about Ireland’s recent decision to designate Egypt , Morocco and Algeria as safe countries of origin
Egypt: Immediately and unconditionally release prominent political activist Mohamed Adel
NGOs’ Joint Letter to Italian Prime Minister_President of the Chamber of Deputies_President of the Senate
Egypt: Rights Organizations Stand in Solidarity with the Complaint Filed with the African Commission against the Egyptian Government on Behalf of Ramy Shaath and Celine Lebrun-Shaath
A joint statement recognizing the first anniversary of the death of lesbian activist Sarah Hegazi and announcing the inauguration of a Pride Day for Lesbian and Queer Women from the Middle Ea
Yemen: Over 150 NGOs appeal for death sentences of four journalists to be overturned
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