11.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Ruling FLN party wins Algeria parliamentary polls"

According to official results, the governing party the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) has won May 2012 parliamentary elections [ID 216648]

11.05.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Algeria's Ruling Party Wins Vote, Islamists Lose Ground"

Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia says at press conference that National Liberation Front won 220 of the 462 mandates in parliamentary elections [ID 216748]

10.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Algeria votes in parliamentary elections"

Article on May 2012 parliamentary elections [ID 216639]

09.05.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Algeria: Crackdown on Protest as Election Nears"

Algiers: Authorities use arrests and other tactics to keep people from demonstrating in the period leading up to the 10 May 2012 elections [ID 216243]

08.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Q&A: Algerian parliamentary elections"

Background article on upcoming parliamentary elections [ID 216045]

04.05.2012 - Source:UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 

"Algeria: Upcoming Elections Must Address Civil Society's Legitimate Demands on Freedom of Association"

United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association urges authorities to ensure that the new regulations for civil society organisations meet the requirements of international human rights law [ID 216863]

25.04.2012 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Algeria: Harassment against those who struggle for human rights must stop!"

Judicial and administrative repression against human rights defenders' activities during ongoing electoral campaign for parliamentary election; Abdelkader Kherba, member of the National Committee for the Defence of the Rights of the Unemployed, will be tried for “direct incitement to a gathering” [ID 216164]

19.04.2012 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Algérie: Détention arbitraire et harcèlement judiciaire de M. Abdelkader Kherba [DZA 001 / 0412 / OBS 037]"

Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Abdelkader Kherba, human rights activist and member of the Ligue algérienne pour la défense des droits de l’Homme (LADDH) [ID 215398]

04.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Security threats in the Sahel and beyond: AQIM, Boko Haram and al Shabaab" , Author: NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre

Report on current security threats in the Sahel and surrounding regions (al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb; Boko Haram; al-Shabaab) [ID 214566]

21.03.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Two journalists assaulted as police violence becomes a habit"

Photographer Mohamed Kadri and journalist Hanane Driss were assaulted and threatened by the police [ID 212939]

13.03.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Algeria al-Qaeda chief Droukdel sentenced in absentia"

Algiers: Al-Qaeda chief Abdelmalek Droukdel sentenced to death in absentia for terrorism and murder [ID 211981]

09.03.2012 - Source:Le Monde Diplomatique

"Ein Gemüsekarren und ein Haufen Asche"

Article on political situation in the context of social protests [ID 215328]

02.03.2012 - Source:UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 

"Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; Algeria [CEDAW/C/DZA/CO/3-4]"

Concluding observations of the Committee on the state report on implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (country profile; legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Convention) [ID 214950]

01.03.2012 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Algeria: Harassment of Union Leaders and Bans on Demonstrations Continue in Algeria Despite the Repeal of the State of Emergency"

One year after the repeal of the state of emergency, human rights defenders, in particular union activists, remain the targets of harassment by the authorities [ID 211327]

03.2012 - Source:Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) 

"Todesstrafe in ausgewählten Ländern"

Report on the death penalty in selected countries [ID 214627]

29.02.2012 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Algérie: Risque d’arrestation imminente du défenseur des droits de l’Homme Mohamed Smain [DZA 002 / 1211 / OBS 142.1]"

Police was ordered to arrest human rights defender Mohamed Smain; meanwhile the Attorney General of the province Relizane is examining his request for appeal [ID 211326]

27.02.2012 - Source:UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights) 

"Written statement submitted by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status [A/HRC/19/NGO/107]" , Author: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)

Written Statement of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies on repression in Algeria [ID 213502]

03.02.2012 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation 

"a-7859 (ACC-DZA-7859)"

Youth welfare institutions; security and human rights situation for minors [ID 211089]

25.01.2012 - Source:Refugee Documentation Centre, Legal Aid Board 

"Information on FIS [Q14951]"

Query response on the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) [ID 209571]

22.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"World Report 2012"

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2011 [ID 208810]

20.01.2012 - Source:Federal Office for Migration (Switzerland) 

"The Development in Algeria in the Shade of the Arabic Spring, and its Consequences on Migration - Report from a Swedish-Swiss fact-finding mission to Algeria; June 11-16, 2011"

Report on developments during the Arab Spring and their impact on migration (socioeconomic situation; political development; security situation; groups of particular interest; torture) [ID 210377]

18.01.2012 - Source:Congressional Research Service 

"Current Issues"

Report on the current general and political situation (political unrest and reform; terrorism; human rights; "national reconciliation"; economy; foreign relations) [ID 209973]

10.01.2012 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung 

"Maghreb (Tunesien, Algerien, Marokko) Quartalsbericht Oktober bis Dezember 2011"

Quarterly report on recent developments (October to December 2011) [ID 209738]

01.2012 - Source:Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) 

"Umsturz und Unruhen in der arabischen Welt - Aktuelle Lage und Entwicklung in den Ländern Ägypten, Algerien, Libyen, Marokko, Syrien, Tunesien"

Report on current political developments in Arab countries [ID 214629]

01.2012 - Source:German Institute of Global and Area Studies 

"Domestic Security in the Maghreb: Deficits and Counter-Measures [GIGA WP 186/2012]"

Report on domestic security in the Maghreb (Islamist terrorism; organised crime; development of domestic security since the Arab Spring) [ID 209745]