Intimidation & harassment of human rights defender Hadj Ibrahim Aouf amid uprising
On 30 May 2019, Hadj Ibrahim Aouf, who had been detained and on hunger strike since 30 March 2019, was released following the joint decision of the investigative judge and the prosecutor of the city of Ghardaia. The human rights defender was released two days after the death of his co-detainee Kamal Eddine Fekhar, which occurred as a result of medical negligence in the Frantz Fanon hospital in the city of Blida.
On 28 April 2019, human rights defenders Kamal Eddine Fekhar and Hadj Ibrahim Aouf, who have been detained since 31 March 2019, were taken to hospital. Their health has severely deteriorated as a result of their ongoing open-ended hunger strike as well as medical negligence in the prison of Ghardaia.
26 April 2019 marks the 27th day of the open-ended hunger strike of human rights defenders Kamal Eddine Fekhar and Hadj Ibrahim Aouf.
Kamal Eddine Fekhar, Mozabite minority rights defender, founder of Tifawt and member of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights, was arrested near his workplace along with his two minor children on 31 March 2019. On the same day, trade unionist and minority rights defender Hadj Ibrahim Aouf was also arrested. The human rights defenders were detained for attacking public institutions, namely the military, Parliament and judiciary, based on a complaint made by the general prosecutor of the city of Ghardaia. They declared an open-ended hunger strike to protest against their arbitrary arrest. The health of Hadj Ibrahim Aouf is rapidly deteriorating, as he is entering the 27th day of hunger strike.
Hadj Ibrahim Aouf is a trade unionist and Mozabite minority rights defender. Abdou Semmar is a journalist and human rights defender actively working on exposing corruption and abuse of power in Algeria through the Paris based media outlet Algeria Part. Salah Dabouz is a lawyer and President of Ligue Algérienne pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (LADDH), one of Algeria's most prominent human rights NGOs. Meziane Abane is a journalist at Al Watan newspaper and a human rights defender advocating for the rights of the Amazigh people in Algeria. Abdullah Benaoum is a human rights defender and social media activist, currently serving a one-year prison sentence in solitary confinement for politically motivated charges related to his human rights activism in Algeria. 26 April 2019 marks the 47th day of his hunger strike, which he has started to denounce the inhumane conditions of his detention. The human rights defender’s health has been rapidly deteriorating due to the length of his hunger strike and prior health issues.
On 30 May 2019, Hadj Ibrahim Aouf, who had been detained and on hunger strike since 30 March 2019, was released following the joint decision of the investigative judge and the prosecutor of the city of Ghardaia. The human rights defender was released two days after the death of his co-detainee Kamal Eddine Fekhar, which occurred as a result of medical negligence in the Frantz Fanon hospital in the city of Blida.
On 28 April 2019, human rights defenders Kamal Eddine Fekhar and Hadj Ibrahim Aouf, who have been detained since 31 March 2019, were taken to hospital. Their health has severely deteriorated as a result of their ongoing open-ended hunger strike as well as medical negligence in the prison of Ghardaia.
إبريل/نيسان 2019 هو اليوم السابع والعشرون للإضراب المفتوح عن الطعام الذي بدآه المدافعان كمال الدين فخار و الحاج إبراهيم عوف
كمال الدين فخار، هو مدافع عن حقوق أقلية الموزابيت، مؤسس تيفاوت وعضو الرابطة الجزائرية للدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان. وقد تم اعتقاله مع طفليه القاصرين بالقرب من مكان عمله في 31 مارس/آذار 2019. كما تم اعتقال النقابي والمدافع عن حقوق الأقليات الحاج إبراهيم عوف في اليوم ذاته. وجاء اعتقال المدافعين بناء على شكوى تقدم بها مدعي عام مدينة غرداية بتهمة تهجمهما على المؤسسات الحكومية؛ تحديدا الجيش والبرلمان والقضاء. فأعلنا إضرابا مفتوحا عن الطعام احتجاجا على اعتقالهما التعسفي. ويذكر صحة الحاج إبراهيم عوف في تدهور سريع حيث يدخل في يومه السابع والعشرين من الإضراب عن الطعام .
