U.S. State Department Report 2024: International Recognition of Independent Trade Unions in Algeria
On August 12, 2025, the US Department of State, through the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, released its annual report on the human rights situation in Algeria for 2024. The report confirmed that the country witnessed a worrying decline in fundamental freedoms over the past year, particularly trade union freedoms, with continued restrictions on independent unions and arbitrary arrests of unionists. Highlighting the unions involved […]
COSYFOP Submits Complaint to the ILO over Grave Violations of Migrant Workers’ Rights in Algeria
On August 21, 2025, the Confederation of Trade Unions of Productive Forces (COSYFOP) submitted a new official communication to the Committee of Experts for the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) regarding the serious violations suffered by migrant workers from sub-Saharan Africa in Algeria during the recent period, which resulted in the arrest of more than 1,000 migrants, according to circulars issued […]
Algeria’s Mass Deportations of Sub-Saharan Migrants: COSYFOP Issues a New Report
As part of its campaigning activities, the Confederation of Trade Unions of Productive Forces (COSYFOP) announced the publication of a supplementary report documenting the serious human rights violations suffered by migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Algeria since June 2025. The report’s main points: The report presents new evidence related to: the intensification of raids carried out by security forces in a number of states, especially Oran and Algiers […]
Ali Mammeri Jailed on Terrorism Charges over Human Rights Group Initiative
Tomorrow, Tuesday, the case of trade union activist Ali Mammeri will be presented to the indictment chamber of the Oum El Bouaghi court, to consider the decision of the investigating judge who recently concluded his investigation and approved the criminal charges against Mammeri, most notably the charge of praising terrorism. His lawyer has formally appealed these charges in a written petition. According to what Ali Mammeri’s family told the Confederation website, the judge […]