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Khaled Nezzar

17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 31.03.2023)
Context Ongoing proceedings against the former Algerian minister of defense for alleged war crimes committed in Algeria between 1992 and 1994 Type of jurisdiction Universal jurisdiction Suspect Khaled Nezzar, former chief of staff of the Armée nationale populaire (National Popular Army) from 1988 to 1990, minister of defense in Algeria...
11 years after his arrest in Geneva, the procedure against Khaled Nezzar is still ongoing in Switzerland. TRIAL Internat...
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Geneva, 8 February 2022 - It is a giant step forward in the fight against impunity. The Swiss Office of the Attorney Gen...
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Did Switzerland miss a historic opportunity to judge a potential war criminal? It has been ten years to the day since TR...
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Just one year ago, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) recognized the existence of a civil war in Algeria during the...
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The Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) has overturned a decision of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to dismiss...
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Nezzar case: Victims appeal case dismissal

18.01.2017 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
Geneva, 18 January 2017 - The case against Khaled Nezzar was opened by the Office of the Attorney General (MPC) of Switz...
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Suspect X. After his involvement in the coup d’état on January 12, 1992, X., of Algerian nationality, held important positions in the Algerian government until 1994. In that period, people suspected of being Islamist supporters or activists were the victims of violent repression (torture, enforced disappearance, etc.). On November 10, 2004, TRIAL filed a report of...

Bouguerra Soltani

16.05.2016 - (Last modified: 27.09.2016)
Bouguerra Soltani held several ministerial positions in the Algerian government from 1998 to 2009. He is suspected of having ordered, authorized and incited public officials to commit acts of torture. When Mr Soltani was invited to come to Switzerland as a speaker in October 2009, TRIAL International filed a criminal report against him, immediately followed by a c...

Abdelkader Mohamed

29.04.2016 - (Last modified: 27.07.2020)
facts Abdelkader Mohamed was born in 1961 in Algeria. After immigrating to France, he became a French citizen and lived...
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Hocine Mohamed

26.04.2016 - (Last modified: 27.07.2020)
facts Hocine «Adda» Mohamed was born in 1966 in Algeria. He was the first deputy of Mohamed Fergane, the executive dele...
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Algeria: Father and son kidnapped and tortured

12.02.2016 - (Last modified: 10.11.2016)
Introduction TRIAL lodged an individual complaint before the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Mrs Khaourkha Marouf, spouse Azizi, in January 2009. She acts in the name of her husband, Abdelkrim Azizi, and her son, Abdessamad Azizi, both kidnapped on September 22, 1994 in Algers and missing since. The victims disappeared during a widespread campaign...
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