Trial of Trade Unionist Ali Mammeri on 29 October 2025
Algerian trade unionist Ali Mammeri will appear before the Oum El Bouaghi court tomorrow, October 29, 2025, after more than seven months of arbitrary detention. He was arrested at his workplace on March 19 and held incommunicado for several days, during which he claims to have been tortured. He will be tried on charges of «publishing or broadcasting information or documents via electronic or […]
Algeria Fails to Keep Its UN Human Rights Council Seat, Underscoring a Deepening Human Rights Crisis
A firm international message about its deteriorating human rights record. In a secret ballot conducted by the United Nations General Assembly on October 14, 2025, in New York, Algeria failed to retain its seat on the Human Rights Council for the period 2026–2028, after the end of its previous term, which extended from 2023 to 2025. The official results published by the United Nations website show that Algeria was not re-elected, […]
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 […]
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 […]