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Human rights in Algeria

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Report

Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa: A review of 2018

February 26, 2019

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Press Release

Repression on the rise in Algeria as peaceful protesters face imprisonment

May 18, 2016

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Press Release

Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms

February 22, 2016 | Child Marriage

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Report

Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016

February 18, 2016 | Annual Report

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Press Release

Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International

February 18, 2016 | Child Marriage

Report

State of the World 2014/2015

February 25, 2015

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Report

Annual Report: Algeria 2013

May 15, 2013

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Press Release

Algeria’s New Law on Associations Being Used to Stifle Civil Society

May 9, 2013

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Report

Annual Report: Algeria 2011

July 13, 2011

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Press Release

State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East

April 14, 2011

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Press Release

State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East

April 14, 2011

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Report

Annual Report: Algeria 2010

March 19, 2011