A court in Algeria Monday ordered detention of a journalist for creating an online account allegedly spreading information suspected to trigger hatred and segregation in the society. A tribunal in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, threw Rabah Karèche, the correspondent of francophone daily “Liberté” in prison after the journalist was interrogated by security forces over an article he published in the media. Karèche’s detention is the latest in a string of state crackdown on human rights and freedom of expression in the oil-rich African country, since the beginning of April. Hassani has been in detention since March last year and sentenced to two years in prison for revealing secret information. Tebboune won subsequent election in December in 2019 but has failed to win the support of the Hirak.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 20, 2021 14:48 UTC