ALGIERS — The life of a prominent
Algerian activist is
in danger after he began his second hunger strike during 11 months in detention
without trial, Amnesty International warned Wednesday.
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El Hadi Lassouli
is a farmer and co-founder of the
CNLD, a group established in the wake of the
2019 Hirak protest movement campaigning for rights of political detainees.
Lassouli, in his
50s, was arrested in June last year,
Amnesty said without giving details of the
charges.
Since his
detention, “his health has seriously degraded, putting his life in danger,
according to his family and his lawyers”, the London-based rights group said in
a statement.
Amnesty’s
Algeria director Hassina Oussedik said he “should be released pending trial”.
The CNLD
prisoners’ support group says more than 260 people are behind bars in Algeria
in relation to the Hirak movement or rights campaigning.
Amnesty’s warning came less than a month after the death in detention of
fellow activist Hakim Debbazi.
Debbazi, 55, was
arrested in February after publishing Facebook posts in support of the
pro-democracy Hirak. He died on April 24, said the Algerian rights group LADDH.
An Algerian minister on
Tuesday blamed “natural causes” for his death, which sparked a wave of anger
and prompted his family to file a lawsuit for manslaughter.
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