Algeria: Pre-election clampdown exposes ‘gaping holes’ in human rights record

Headline Title:  Algeria: Pre-election clampdown exposes ‘gaping holes’ in human rights record 14 April 2014  Mounting curbs on freedom of expression in the run-up to Algeria’s upcoming elections underscore disturbing shortcomings in the country’s overall human rights record, said Amnesty International in a new briefing published today. Moves to silence critics and quash social unrest are at the forefront of a number of human rights concerns highlighted by the organization ahead of Algeria’s presidential elections on 17 April, when President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power…

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