Algeria: Reverse Decision to Dissolve Leading Human Rights Group

Authorities’ Latest Blow to Independent Civil Society

• HRW

(Beirut) – Algerian authorities should reverse the decision to dissolve the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), an independent, 38-year-old group, over politically motivated allegations and allow it to operate freely and legally, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today.

Authorities should also end their general crackdown on independent civil society organizations and ensure they can operate in a safe and enabling environment.

The Administrative Court of Algiers dissolved the LADDH on June 29, 2022, following a complaint filed by the…

• Algeria: Reverse Decision to…