Judicial authorities upholds decision to maintain judicial surveillance of human rights defender Said Boudour

On 29 April 2021, the Public Prosecutor of Oran charged human rights defenders Kaddour Chouicha, Jamila Loukil, and Said Boudour in a new criminal case, which includes the charge of ‘enrolment in a terrorist or subversive organization active abroad or in Algeria‘. The case also includes twelve other activists involved in the “Hirak” protest movement. If convicted of this charge, the human rights defenders may be sentenced to up to…