Algeria: CFWIJ Concerned About The Continued Detention Of Kenza Khattou, And The Arrest Of Another 15 Reporters

The police arrested journalist Kenza Khattou, a reporter for local independent news website Radio M, on May 14 for covering an anti-government protest. The protests in the capital have been ongoing since 2019 despite immense police repression and are routinely covered by the press. Those who were arrested alongside Khattou also alleged that the police used violence while detaining them.