December 10 — Independent Unionists, Human Rights Defenders First
December 10th marks International Human Rights Day. This year, it comes at a time of increasing restrictions on fundamental freedoms and an unprecedented decline in the role of independent trade unions. In Algeria, our responsibility as independent trade union organizations is amplified. We have never been treated as social partners, but rather as a disruptive force that refuses to submit to the logic of political loyalty and governmental and security extensions. The undeniable truth after years […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]