▻http://www.hrw.org/node/132991
Algerian authorities should respect the right to peaceful protest and stop prosecuting workers’ rights activists on “unauthorized gathering” charges. The government should also amend law 91-19, which unduly restricts the right to peaceful assembly, and penal code provisions that criminalize unauthorized peaceful gatherings.
“Unemployed workers, already suffering because of the economy, now face arrest and imprisonment for peacefully voicing their discontent,” said Eric Goldstein, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “Algerian authorities are woefully misguided if they think that locking up peaceful protesters is the way to deal with their grievances.”