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Meziane Abbane

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Meziane Abane

HRD, Journalist
Al Watan
Case HistoryStatus: Arrested
Rights: 
#Freedom of Expression
#Journalism
#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Violations:
#Judicial Harassment
#Arbitrary detention
Location: 
#Region: Middle East and North Africa
#Algeria

Meziane Abane is a journalist at Al Watan newspaper and a human rights defender advocating for the rights of the Amazigh people in Algeria.

Algeria

The lifting of Algeria’s 19-year state of emergency in early 2011 did not have a positive effect on the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs). Human rights defenders have continued to be subjected to harassment, threats, physical attacks, arbitrary detention and legal proceedings.

#Algeria
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