Human Rights Watch: Algeria - Human Rights Watch Official Deported
August 19, 2019
August 19, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
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- Detained, Faced 10-Day Ordeal, But Not Charged
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Algerian authorities deported a Human Rights Watch official, Ahmed Benchemsi, on August 19, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities detained him for 10 hours and seized his passports, holding them for 10 days before deporting him.
Benchemsi, the Middle East communications and advocacy . . .
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- Detained, Faced 10-Day Ordeal, But Not Charged
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Algerian authorities deported a Human Rights Watch official, Ahmed Benchemsi, on August 19, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities detained him for 10 hours and seized his passports, holding them for 10 days before deporting him.
Benchemsi, the Middle East communications and advocacy . . .