23 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Council of State of Algeria, the highest judicial body in the country, has confirmed the dissolution of the Youth Action Regrouping (RAJ), a non-governmental organization involved in the anti-government demonstrations that broke out in 2019 against the intention of the then president, Abdelaziz Buteflika.
The organization itself has indicated in a brief message on its official account on the social network Facebook that the Council of State “confirms the verdict of the administrative court.” “Dissolution of the RAJ”, he stated, without the Algerian authorities having ruled for now.
The administrative court order was issued in October 2021, although the RAJ filed an appeal after rejecting the Interior Ministry’s accusations following the arrest and imprisonment of several of its senior officials, including its founder, Hamik Addad.
All of them were accused of being related to alleged attacks on “the integrity of the territory” and “national sovereignty”, while the Government accused the RAJ of carrying out activities “different from those for which it was created”, some of them in collaboration with “foreign forces”.
The decision of the Council of State comes after the recent dissolution of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), the main Algerian non-governmental organization, also after a request to this effect by the Ministry of the Interior.
The LADDH, the main body for the defense of Human Rights in the African country, was founded in 1985 and received authorization to operate in 1989. The body has been critical of the repression of protests and the banning of various organizations in recent years. years.
Various organizations have denounced that the Algerian authorities have increased the repression against opponents and activists after the coming to power in December 2019 of Abdelmayid Tebune, who prevailed in the elections held after the departure of Bouteflika from power.
Despite the fact that Tebune promoted a series of reforms, the opposition denounced that these were insufficient measures and maintained the mobilizations against the president, in the midst of growing popular discontent and the low participation in the elections and the subsequent constitutional referendum promoted by the president. .
