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Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune, pictured on this poster, was reelected in September amid warnings of an increasingly authoritarian climate in the country by rights groups. (Photo: Reuters\/Ramzi Boudina)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Algerian authorities arrested Djelfa Tribune editor-in-chief Badreddine Guermat over a Facebook post alleging government mismanagement and charged with insulting a state institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called for the immediate and unconditional release of journalist Badreddine Guermat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Algerian government continues its relentless attempts to silence independent journalism,\u201d said CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna in New York. \u201cAuthorities must end their harassment of press members critical of the regime and free Badreddine Guermat and drop the charges against him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court ordered Guermat\u2019s detention pending trial, which is scheduled to begin October 7, according to a local news report<\/a> and a statement<\/a> by the local rights group, SHOAA for Human Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate incident on August 1, authorities arrested journalist Merzoug Touati from his home in the city of B\u00e9ja\u00efa, northeastern Algeria, in connection with his Facebook posts about the war on Gaza and released him on August 5 after placing him under judicial control to be able to legally summon him for questioning at will, according to news<\/a> reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touati was previously arrested<\/a> in 2017 and sentenced to seven years in prison for espionage after interviewing an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson. He was released in 2019 after his sentence was reduced, but he has been arrested and released multiple times since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Abdelmajid Tebboune was reelected for a second presidential term in September<\/a>, leading rights groups to warn<\/a>of an increasingly authoritarian climate with restrictions on political opposition, civil society, and independent media, alongside arbitrary arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CPJ said it emailed the Algerian Ministry of Interior for comment about Guermat and Touati but did not receive any response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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