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The three members of Algeria's Hirak protest movement have been in custody since September.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned to Germany for treatment of post-Covid-19 complications in his foot.
Algerian hunger strikers hospitalised in prison protest
Three imprisoned Algerian activists were hospitalised following their hunger strike protesting their detention.
Algerian jailed for 3 years for political protest memes
Another Algerian has been jailed as Tebboune's government continues its crackdown on free speech.
Algerian president signs new constitution into law
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who returned to Algeria this week after two months in Germany, had promoted the new constitution as the ...
Algeria president returns from Covid treatment in Germany
Aged 75 and a heavy smoker, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was hospitalised in Germany on October 28, and Algerian authorities later announced he had the Covid-19 illness.
Algerian prosecutors seek tougher jail term for activist
Algerian prosecutors are seeking a tougher jail sentence for Amira Bouraoui, a prominent activist in the pro-democracy Hirak movement, ...
Algeria's sleeping revolution is reignited
Comment: Some said the Arab Spring would never reach Algeria, but as the people cheered on the regional protests, their own revolution was ...
Algeria announces heavy restrictions on online media amid condemnation
Algerian authorities have imposed new censorship measures on online media which journalists have condemned as ‘grotesque’.
Algeria president makes TV appearance
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said he is recovering from coronavirus infection.
Algeria opposition activist gets one-year suspended sentence
Karim Tabbou, a key figure in anti-government protests last year, was given a one-year suspended sentence on Monday.
Trial opens of popular Algeria activist Karim Tabbou
The 47-year-old is charged with "damaging the morale of the army".
The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs
Few of the pro-democracy protesters who took the Middle East by storm in 2011 had a flag to raise or leader to follow. But all had a song to ...
European Parliament calls for Algerian journalist Drareni’s immediate release
The European Parliament has passed an urgent resolution calling for the release of jailed journalist Khaled Drarerni, citing the 'deterioration ...
Algeria slashes activist's jail term for 'offending Islam'
An Algerian court has cut the sentence of a Hirak activist who was found guilty of “offending Islam” from ten years in jail to one year.
Algerians outraged by Macron’s statements of support for Tebboune
Statements of support by Emmanuel Macron for Algerian leader Abdelmadjid Tabboune have caused outrage in Algeria, with opposition leaders accusing the French president of ‘imperialist’ interference.
Algerian media chief jailed for 5 years
Anis Rahmani, chief of the Ennahar group, is the latest figure close to the clan of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be handed a heavy ...
Algeria backs constitutional reforms: final results
The referendum text was passed with 66.8 percent of votes cast, constitutional council president Kamel Fenniche announced on public television.
Algeria's constitution amended to allow intervention in Libya
Algeria's constitution has long retained that the country must protect its border from foreign attacks but cannot intervene in foreign wars.
Algerian court reduces jail sentence for journalist
Abdelkrim Zeghileche, head of the web-based Radio-Sarbacane, was sentenced in August to two years in prison for "undermining national unity" and ...
Hospitalised Algeria president has Covid-19: presidency
Tebboune, who is 74 and a heavy smoker, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Algerian constitutional reform approved on record low turnout
The vote had widely been seen as a regime manoeuvre to neutralise the Hirak protest movement.
Algerians snub vote on constitution
The final turnout to vote on a revised constitution in Algeria was 23.7 percent - a historic low for a major election.
Polls open for Algerian constitutional referendum amid Hirak boycott
Voting has begun in a referendum to decide on a new constitution which observers say will bring little change to Algeria, amid a boycott by the ...
Many Algerians are torn over whether to vote in a contentious constitutional referendum this week.
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