Author: Ilhem Rachidi
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The small oasis town leading the fight against water privatisation
For over 100 days, residents of Figuig in Morocco have been protesting plans to allow a private company to manage the delivery of drinking water. For ... -
A pebble in the shoe: The trials of Mohad Gasmi and the invisible discrimination of southern Algeria
It is not coincidental that Gasmi’s troubles began when he challenged the regime on its exploitation of mineral resources in the South. Since June 2020, Mohad ... -
A mine in the middle of paradise
The Tebboune government is brutally suppressing any protest against a lead-and-zinc mine being built in a RAMSAR protected area. The region surrounding the Soummam river has ... -
Algeria: The Hirak and its aftermath
Algerian journalists are on the frontline of an unprecedented wave of state repression against the uprising that toppled former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. On 22 February, 2019, ... -
In Algeria, the death of a literary salon is a tragedy, the silencing of dissent, an everyday occurrence
In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers, artists and activists that ...
