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Algeria: General Khaled Nezzar will finally stand trial in Switzerland on charges of wa...
29.08.2023 - (Last modified: 16.11.2023)
Algeria: Khaled Nezzar is reportedly dying. Time is running out for the victims
22.08.2023 - (Last modified: 23.08.2023)
Algeria: TRIAL filed a complaint against former senior public official for acts of torture
16.05.2016 - (Last modified: 11.10.2016)
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...
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...
Algeria: father forcibly disappeared
12.02.2016 - (Last modified: 10.11.2016)
Introudction
In May 2008, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Hafsa Boudjemai, acting on behalf of her son, Djaafar Sahbi. The latter was abducted in Algiers on the 3rd of July 1995 around 10 am. He has not been seen since then. This incident occurred within the general context of the enforced disappea...
Will Algeria finally take action after further UN condemnations?
21.01.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
Five Algerian victims of enforced disappearances have recently obtained justice before the UN as a result of TRIAL’s ongoing efforts. This brings the number of condemnations against Algeria by the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) to about twenty but, so far, Algeria has taken no steps to implement these decisions. TRIAL calls on Algerian authorities to do everything po...
No immunity for Algerian former defence Minister
31.07.2013 - (Last modified: 13.07.2017)
Geneva, 31 July 2012
The Federal Criminal Court (FCC) released today a landmark decision in the case of Khaled Nezzar, an Algerian former defence minister denounced by TRIAL for war crimes. The FCC found that Mr. Nezzar cannot claim immunity for acts committed during his tenure, thus paving the way for a trial in Switzerland. The present decision opens up signifi...
Enforced disappearances: Algeria condemned for the seventh time at the UN
02.07.2013 - (Last modified: 13.07.2017)
TRIAL just won a seventh case against Algeria before the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning Mr. Djaafar Sahbi's enforced disappearance in 1995.. The NGO welcomes the Committee's decision and hopes that light will be shed on the serious human rights violations that took place during the Algerian internal conflict and that impunity will no longer protect t...
Efforts continue in favor of Algerian victims!
22.03.2013 - (Last modified: 13.07.2017)
Alkarama, the Collective of families of disappeared persons in Algeria (CFDA) and TRIAL keep up their efforts for victims of grave human rights violations in Algeria.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee will meet on Monday, March 25, 2013 in order to monitor the implementation of its decisions in cases of human rights violations. In preparation for...
