Disruption of the SNAPAP Congress: A Clear Violation of Trade Union Freedom and an Attempt to Undermine Internal Unity

In an official statement, the National Autonomous Union of Public Administration Personnel (SNAPAP) announced the postponement of its national congress, originally scheduled for 10–12 April 2026 in Algiers, due to the failure of the competent authorities of the Wilaya of Algiers to respond to a duly filed authorization request submitted in full compliance with legal procedures. It is worth recalling that SNAPAP is one of the unions affiliated with the Trade Union Confederation of Productive Forces […]
19 NGOs and an International Trade Union Federation Call for the Immediate Release of Trade Unionist and Human Rights Defender Ali Mammeri

الكنفدرالية النقابية للقوى المنتجة • COSYFOP بيان إدانة الحكم القاضي بسجن النقابي علي معمري عشر سنوات سجناً نافذاً تدين المنظمات النقابية والحقوقية الموقعة أدناه بأشد العبارات الحكم الصادر في حق النقابي علي معمري والقاضي بسجنه عشر سنوات سجناً نافذاً، وتعتبره حكماً سياسياً بامتياز يستهدف العمل النقابي الحر ويشكل انتهاكاً صارخاً للدستور الجزائري والالتزامات الدولية للدولة. […]
Algerian civil society denounces the illegal handover of Tunisian national Saif Eddine Makhlouf

The undersigned civil society and human rights organizations in Algeria express their deep concern and condemn in the strongest terms the extradition of Seifeddine Makhlouf, a Tunisian lawyer, political opponent, and asylum seeker, to Tunisia. Seifeddine Makhlouf was the subject of politically motivated persecution in Tunisia and had sought international protection in Algeria. Consequently, […]
Algerian Trade Unions Address the ILO Director-General and Condemn Statements by the ILO Office in Algeria

Four independent Algerian trade union organizations sent an official letter to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), expressing their deep concern regarding statements issued by the ILO office in Algeria, which they considered far removed from the true state of trade union freedoms in the country. The signatories to the letter are the Confederation of Trade Unions of Productive Forces (COSYFOP), the National Autonomous Union of Public Administration Employees (SNAPAP), […]