ALGERIA
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Algeria endured nearly twenty years of civil war in which 150,000 people lost their lives. Today, an al-Qaida cell called AQLIM continues to attack military and police targets. The government instituted some political reforms in response to major protests during the 2011 Arab Spring movement, and Islamists continue to gain popularity.
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HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATIONAlgeria has been categorized by Freedom House as “not free” since it began publishing such ratings in 1972, with the exception of 1989, 1990, and 1991, when the country was labeled “partly free.” To the extent that there is democracy in today's Algeria, it is founded in three pieces of legislation:
• The Political Parties Act (1989, amended 1997), which allowed multiple political parties • The Associations Act (1987, amended 1990), which permitted establishment of associations • The Information Act (1990), which paved the way for independent news media Free elections were held in the country beginning in 1988, but a victory by the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in the 1991 parliamentary ballot sparked a military coup d'état and the imposition, in February 1992, of a state of emergency under which basic human rights were suspended. Freedom of expression, association, and assembly were severely restricted, and many individuals were arrested without charge and held without trial. A civil war raged from 1991 to 1999, and since its end there have been no proper official investigations into the massive human-rights violations that took place during the conflict. Wikipedia |
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