Algerian government suppresses press freedom and freedom of expression through the prosecution of journalists and closure of independent media outlets.

The Women Journalists Without Chains organization has condemned these actions and called for international solidarity to support those affected.

 This follows the recent sentencing of journalist Ihsane El Kadi to seven years in prison for allegedly receiving foreign funds and the imprisonment of other journalists and cartoonists critical of the government.

 

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