Algeria brands ten Rachad leaders as terrorists
Voltaire NetworkMAY 2022
This new legislation will ensure the balance between press freedom and professional responsibility, creating mechanisms to protect journalists, regulate their ethical conduct and prevent foreign interference in the country. This is an important step that the government is taking to promote actual freedom of expression in the Algerian media.
Though this law may have some beneficial provisions, it's worrisome that the Algerian parliament has enshrined oppressive practices that have been carried out against the media since 2012. The political crackdown on press freedom has now received a legal codification despite violating constitutional rights.