25 November 2010

Algeria: Kidnapped Rachid Kebli reappears in El-Harrach prison

On 18 October 2010, Rachid Kebli was kidnapped by intelligence officers and taken to an unknown destination. He was recently transferred to El-Harrach prison in Algiers.

On 4 November 2010 Alkarama sent his case to the Working group on enforced and involuntary disappearances (WGEID), requesting its urgent intervention with the Algerian authorities.

Rachid Kebli, 30, is a manual worker from Wilaya de Tlemcen. He was disappeared by four plain clothed intelligence officers, as he was working on a construction-site in Maghnia, Wilaya de Tlemcen at 11:00am on 18 October 2010.

He was threatened at gun point, handcuffed; his head covered by a bag, and forced into a vehicle registered in Algiers.

Despite the numerous attempts made by Rachid Kebli's family none of the authorities have neither accepted to conduct an investigation nor recognize his arrest and detention.