A dozen organizations of the Algerian diaspora urge Emmanuel Macron not to “hide” during his visit to Algeria the question of the “degradation” of human rights in this country and “not to condone this despotic drift of the Algerian regime”, so open. letter.
These organizations say that they “hope” that this visit “will be fruitful for the two countries, strongly united by history, geography, culture, language and all the exchanges and alliances woven since independence,” they declare in the open letter.
“Mr. President, there is, however, a serious issue that should not be overlooked during this visit: the current state of human rights in Algeria,” they claim.
“An unprecedented repressive policy”
“Nearly ten thousand arrests followed by at least a thousand abusive preventive detentions in violation of the criminal code have been the merit of this regime since the beginning” of the Hirak pro-democracy demonstrations (begun in February 2019) that shook power, denounce these organizations .
“The response of the Algerian authorities to popular aspirations has been an unprecedented repressive policy through its strategy of terror to silence the populations in a situation of rupture with the supporters of the current political system,” according to the letter.
Today, “the few achievements obtained at the cost of decades of struggle and civic commitment (…) on freedom of expression, organization, demonstration, press and political activity are clearly in decline, even in the process of disappearing,” lashed out the signer. organizations
“This despotic drift cannot be condoned”
They notent that the “Algerien diaspora is not pas épargnée in raison de son implication et de son soutien massif et continu au mouvement populaire”, soulignant que les “Algériens en France mais également les Franco-Algériens craignent des mesures de rétorsion dans leurs déplacements in Algeria”.
“Mr. President, you cannot support this despotic drift of the Algerian regime”, challenge these organizations.
“We, the diaspora organizations, deeply concerned about this very authoritarian evolution of the Algerian political system, have a duty to express our deep concern about this dangerous situation of fundamental freedoms in Algeria under the current regime,” they add.
Source: BFM TV
