Despite sharply deteriorating human rights and humanitarian conditions across Arab countries, the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, which ended yesterday 8 July, failed to engage in country-specific …
Algeria: Without Safeguards, Tebboune’s Invitation to the Diaspora Rings Hollow
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s recent remarks inviting Algerians living abroad to return project an image of openness and reconciliation. Yet in the absence of clear and binding guarantees against arbitrary detention, …
Why was Nassera Dutour denied entry to Algeria?
A decisive hearing on 26 January 2026
On 26 January 2026, Nassera Dutour, President of the Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (CFDA), is expected to learn the grounds for her denial of entry to …
Toward the Renewal of Political Culture
Conclusions of CIHRS 28th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement Under the title ‘Toward New Paths to Reform’, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organised the 28th …
Human rights organisations and international trade union federations call for the immediate release of unionist and human rights defender Ali Mammeri
The undersigned human rights organisations and trade unions call on the Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Algerian trade unionist Ali Mammeri, rescind his arbitrary 15-year prison sentence handed …
Joint statement demands immediate release of Algerian Hirak poet Mohamed Tadjadit risking a death penalty sentence ahead of November 11 hearing
Ahead of upcoming court dates on 11 and 30 November 2025, 20 leading Algerian, regional and international organisations reiterate their calls on the Algerian authorities to drop all charges and …
The Arab World: From Dreams of Arab Unity to the Nightmares of Civil Wars
A Reading into Causes and Consequences
On 23 September 2025, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held its monthly Ibn Rushd Salon under the title: ‘The Arab World: From Dreams of Arab Unity to …
Algeria: Lift Undue Restrictions on Associations
Draft Bill Would Maintain Constraints, Grant Government Excessive Authority Algerian authorities should end excessive control over civil society groups and parliament should enact a new associations law based on international …
Algeria: Human Rights Community Widely Condemns Deportation of Activist Nassera Dutour from her Homeland
In response to an egregious violation of the fundamental rights of an Algerian citizen committed to truth and justice, we as members of the Solidarity with Algeria Collective, with the …