19 NGOs and international trade union federations call for the immediate release of unionist and human rights defender Ali Mammeri
As one of the signatories of the international statement, the Confederation of Productive Forces Trade Unions (COSEFOP) affirms that the support received by trade unionist Ali Mammeri was not a passing gesture, but rather an unprecedented consensus from 19 organizations, including global trade union federations and long-established human rights organizations with significant influence on the international stage. This number and caliber of signatory organizations clearly indicate […]
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 […]
Trade Union Repression Spares No One: The Case of Saïda Neghza’s Imprisonment
In a dangerous development that reflects the systematic restrictions on trade union and economic freedoms in Algeria, Ms. Saida Neghza, the former president of the General Confederation of Algerian Enterprises (CGEA), was imprisoned under a four-year sentence issued by the Algerian judiciary in a case related to collecting endorsements during the recent presidential elections. This sentence coincided with her forced removal from the presidency […]
Ali Maamri: The Algerian Trade Unionist Whose Case Brought International Attention in the ILO's Freedom of Association Report
An independent trade unionist in the eye of the storm. In its latest report, No. 411, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association highlighted the state of union repression in Algeria, examining the case of Ali Mammeri, a prominent leader of the independent trade union confederation COSYFOP and a member of its Human Rights Defense Committee in Oum El Bouaghi province. According to the complainant organization […]