The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Algeria's secret torture chambers

A new report by Amnesty International on Algeria's secret torture chambers is out. The full 44-page report could be found here.
Algerian security services have inherited the French school of torture and counterinsurgency that was ironically developed by Frech colonialists against Algerians themeselves... and sure the jackboots gained more expertise in their dirty war against Islamist militants during the 1990s civil war.
Currently Algeria is one of America's and Europe's allies in the "war on terror" together with Bin 3ali of Tunisia and Mubarak of Egypt. The CIA-chartered Ghost Flights reportedly landed in Algerian airports. Several Europe-based militant suspects were also sent back to Algeria, where Bu Tafliqa's secret services' custody, other EU members are still trying hard.
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