US EditionAlgeria Jails Pro-Democracy Hirak Poet for Five Years on Terrorism Charges
Mohamed Tadjadit was sentenced despite NGOs calling the charges baseless and his imprisonment violating fundamental rights, with authorities citing terrorism-related offenses.
- On Tuesday, Mohamed Tadjadit, the Hirak poet, was jailed for five years, Fetta Sadat, his lawyer, said the Algerian courts convicted him on terrorism-related charges.
- The Hirak movement, which began in February 2019, helped force former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s resignation, while President Abdelmadjid Tebboune oversaw a crackdown after his December 2019 election.
- Prosecutors sought a harsher term, but Fetta Sadat, Tadjadit's lawyer, said he was convicted of `condoning terrorism`, `supporting terrorist organisations` and `spreading extremist ideas`.
- In a joint statement on Monday, about 20 NGOs including Amnesty International and PEN America called the allegations baseless and said the prosecution violated Tadjadit's fundamental rights.
- His detention history shows a broader pattern, as Algerian authorities imprisoned Tadjadit at least six times between 2019 and 2025, with his last release in November last year under a presidential pardon.
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Algeria jails prominent Hirak activist to five years
Algerian activist Mohamed Tadjadit, dubbed "the poet of the Hirak" during Algeria's 2019 mass pro-democracy protests, was jailed for five years Tuesday on charges including "condoning terrorism", his lawyer said. Tadjadit became prominent for his public recitations during protests by the Hirak movement, which erupted in February 2019 and helped force the resignation of longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Tadjadit's lawyer, Fetta Sadat, said…
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