Amnesty International has rebuked Algeria over its deplorable human rights record smeared by continuing discrimination against refugees and migrants. In its annual report, the international rights watchdog noted that Algeria failed to improve on human rights at all levels, registering degrading treatment of migrants by Algerian authorities. “Arbitrary arrests, unjustified restrictions, prosecution of members of religious minorities, impunity for perpetrators of human rights abuses, unfair trials, mass expulsion of migrants…,” thus the report starts drawing the bleak picture of human rights in Algeria, where migrants continue to bear most of the brunt. The NGO also sheds light on the case of the Syrian refugees who were abandoned by Algerian authorities on the border with Morocco. Earlier this month, The International Organization for Migration (IMO) confirmed that it has saved 1000 Sub-Saharan migrants abandoned by Algerian authorities in the desert in tough conditions.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 23, 2018 12:56 UTC