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ALGERIA: Former police chief Major General Abdelghani Hamel was jailed yesterday for 15 years for corruption and “illicit enrichment.”
His wife, daughter and two sons also received sentences of between two and 10 years, along with fines, after they were convicted of enriching themselves with public funds by “signing contracts illegally and falsification of public documents.”
Algeria remains in political deadlock almost a year after the toppling of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Spain has joined South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel while imposing weapons bans and port restrictions, moves partly driven by trade unions — proving just how effectively civil society can reshape government policy, writes RAMZY BAROUD
