A/HRC/60/62 Annex II Information on alleged cases included in follow-up to previous reports 1. Algeria 1. The cases of Ms. Jamila Loukil and Mr. Kaddour Chouicha, both members of La Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (LADDH), were included in the 2023 and 2024 report of the Secretary-General1 on allegations of obstacles to and a ban on travelling abroad that prevented their in-person participation in the fourth cycle of Algeria’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in August 2022 (DZA 2/2023). In June 2023, mandateholders addressed allegations on the dissolution of LADDH, and of judicial harassment of Mr. Chouicha and Ms. Loukil since 2019. They also referenced the appeals lodged by Mr. Chouicha, including in relation to the interdiction to leave the national territory (DZA 2/2023). The Government responded noting that Mr. Chouicha was indicted under national security charges and awaiting trial and as such not permitted to travel. It further noted that in June 2024 his appeal related to the interdiction to leave the country had been rejected. 2 In July 2024, the Government informed that Ms. Jamila Loukil and Mr. Kaddour Chouicha had been acquitted of all charges against them and that no order banning their travel outside of Algeria had been issued. 2. According to information received by OHCHR, on 26 February 2025, the Algiers Court of Appeal upheld the judgement of the Court of First Instance acquitting Ms. Jamila Loukil and Mr. Kaddour Chouicha of the terrorism related charges and other charges brought against them since April 2021. Reportedly, the Prosecutor subsequently filed an appeal in cassation before the Supreme Court. 3. Mr. Chouicha is still awaiting the ruling of the Conseil d’Etat on the appeal he had lodged alleging that he had been effectively subjected to a travel ban, after the Administrative Court of Appeal had rejected his initial complaint against his travel ban on the grounds that there was no proof he had been prevented from travelling and that no such ban had been issued by the Ministry of the Interior. 4. In a separate legal proceeding, Mr Chouicha was reportedly sentenced in absentia by the Oran Court on 18 February 2024 to one year of imprisonment for “publishing information prejudicial to public order” without having been notified. He was subsequently retried before the Oran Court of Appeal and acquitted on 10 November 2024. 5. According to information received by OHCHR, in December 2024, the Administrative Court of Algiers confirmed the dissolution of the LADDH and rejected the appeal filed by Mr Chouicha in 2023. On 22 April 2025, Mr. Chouicha lodged an appeal before the Conseil d’Etat. 6. The cases of Mr. Ahmed Manseri and Mr. Malik Riahi on allegations of reprisals following their respective meetings with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and peaceful assembly in 2023 were included in the 2024 report of the Secretary-General.3 Mr. Manseri is the head of the Tiaret section of the now dissolved Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (LADDH) and of the Syndicat national autonome du personnel de l’administration publique (SNAPAP). Mr. Malik Riahi is a human rights defender, who actively participated in the Hirak (“movement” in Arabic). 7. In October 2023, mandate holders raised concerns regarding the police summoning and interrogation of Mr. Manseri and Mr. Riahi in connection with their meeting with the 1 A/HRC/54/61 para. 41, Annex I paras. 7–11; A/HRC/57/60 para. 41, Annex II paras. 1-5. See Government reply at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=37649. 3 A/HRC/57/60, Annex I, para 13-18. 2 44