18 May 2012: The ITUC is demanding that the Algerian authorities stop repression of the country’s emerging independent trade union movement. A wave of harassment of members of the National Independent Union of Public Administration Personnel (SNAPAP) has led to seven members of the union’s board, including four women, starting a hunger strike on 6 May.
Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front won almost half of the 462 seats in the Algerian parliament in Thursday's parliamentary elections. But will this new majority for the old ruling party mean that Algeria is now immune to the 'Arab Spring'?
Protecting hard-won gains in press freedom, improving safety for journalists and ending impunity for crimes against them, emerged as the main concerns of participants who attended UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day conference in Tunis, held on 4 and 5 May. Over 700 participants from almost 90 countries took part in the event, which ended today with the adoption of the Carthage Declaration.
“Women, media and democracy in the Maghreb and the Middle East region” is a project led by the civil society, Maghreb and Middle East portal e-joussour, implemented by a consortium of NGOs from North America, Europe and the Maghreb and the Middle East region and co-financed by the European Union. Its focus is to develop and implement strategies for direct participation of organisations and networks of civil society organisations (CSOs) working for the defense and promotion of women's rights in the region.
