Algeria: Bureaucratic Ploys Used to Stifle Associations

Email Authorities in Algeria are using – and even going beyond – the restrictive 2012 Law on Associations to stifle freedom of association. The authorities have been arbitrarily rejecting or refusing to process registration applications from organizations, putting both new and long established independent organizations in legal limbo and curtailing their ability to receive foreign funding or to hold public meetings. (Beirut) – Authorities in Algeria are using – and even going beyond – the restrictive 2012 Law on Associations to stifle freedom of association.read more

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