Algeria - RSF urges Algeria to implement media freedom's new constitutional guarantees

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails the constitutional reform approved two days ago by Algeria's national assembly, for the first time guaranteeing press freedom without any form of prior censorship, and urges the country to put it into practice and to modify legislation accordingly while respecting the international conventions it has ratified. Article 41 (b) of the amended constitution guarantees media freedom and abolishes prison sentences for journalists “in the framework of the law (...)

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