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Bensarkha Tahar

HRD, Member
Comité National pour la Défense des Droits de Chômeurs - CNDDC

Bensarkha Tahar is a member of the Comité National pour la Défense des Droits de Chômeurs - CNDDC (National Committee for the Defence of the Rights of Unemployed Workers), which works to promote labour rights.

Algeria

Peaceful protests have been forcibly dispersed and protesters and human rights defenders have been arrested and charged. An indefinite 2001 ban on protests continue to remain in force in the capital Algiers. A number of HRDs have been put on trial under Article 100 of the Penal Code, which punishes the incitement of unarmed gathering.