Algeria - Why it isn't safe

Algeria has become a prime ally of the USA and other governments involved in the "war on terror". Refugees pressured into agreeing to return there are now languishing in prison, despite assurances that their human rights would be respected. The level of serious human rights abuses in Algeria has decreased compared to the 1990s, but Amnesty International says that serious human rights violations continue to be reported.

• Algeria - Amnesty International Briefing to the CommitteeAgainst Torture - (17 April 2008)
• Algeria: Torture remains a common practice - Report submitted by Al Karama for Human Rights to the Committee against Torture in the context of the review of the periodic report for Algeria (April 2008)
• Torture in Algeria - report by Amnesty International (July 2006)

"It is urgent today to shed light on what really happened since the putsch of 11 January 1992,for civil peace and stability will only be possible once the victims' suffering is recognised...Under the current circumstances, it is certain that the Algerian authoritieswill never set up such a commission: this is why it can only be international. "

• The Massacres in Algeria, 1992-2004 - report by the Justice Commission for Algeria
• Algeria - chronology to 1999
• Algeria - chronology 2000-2006

More Background

• Algeria-watch - Information on the Human Rights situation in Algeria