Alkarama's Press Releases

• Turin Court of Appeal Authorises Rachid Mesli to Leave Italy (Alkarama, 16.09.2015)
• Court Lifts Restrictive Measure of House Arrest against Rachid Mesli (Alkarama, 16.09.2015)
• Rachid Mesli Remains Under House Arrest but Algerian Formal Request for Extradition "Vague and Incomplete" Says Italian Court (Alkarama, 15.09.2015)
• Minister of Justice Requests Rachid Mesli to Stay in Aosta Until Further Notice (Alkarama, 31.08.2015)
• Rachid Mesli to Stay in Aosta Until Further Notice (Alkarama, 25.08.2015)
• Rachid Mesli Released Pending Appearance Before Turin Court of Appeal on Tuesday (Alkarama, 22.08.2015)
• Alkarama's Legal Director Detained in Italy on the Basis of Algerian Arrest Warrant (Alkarama, 21.08.2015)

News on Rachid Mesli

Other NGOs Press Releases

• Front Line Defenders (NGO, EN), 19.09.2015, Update: Italy – Rachid Mesli permitted to leave Italy
• Front Line Defenders (NGO, ES), 18.09.2015, Update: Italy – Rachid Mesli permitted to leave Italy
• LADDH (ONG Algeria, FR), 17.09.2015, Court Lifts Restrictive Measure of House Arrest against Rachid Mesli: Alkarama's Press Release, by Alkarama
• Amnesty International Switzerland (NGO, FR), 16.09.2015, Rachid Mesli Is Free!
• Amnesty International (NGO, FR), 21.08.2015, The Algerian Human Rights Defender Who Is at Risk of Extradition Must Be Released Immediately
• Amnesty International Algeria (NGO, FR), 23.08.2015, Italy. The Algerian Lawyer Rachid Mesli, Should Be Released Immediately
• Amnesty International Italy (NGO, IT), 27.08.2015, Amnesty International to Minister Orlando: No Extradition for Algerian ME Rachid Mesli
• Amnesty International Switzerland (NGO, FR), 22.08.2015, Rachid Mesli, Algerian Lawyer Should Be Released Immediately, by Amnesty International
• Amnesty International Switzerland (NGO, DE), 21.08.2015, Human Rights Lawyer Arrested at Swiss Border
• Front Line Defenders (NGO, AR), 25.08.2015 Italy: The Legal Director of Alkarama Foundation Arrested
• Front Line Defenders (NGO, EN), 21.08.2015, Italy: Legal Director of Alkarama arrested, Letter to President Sergio Mattarella
• Front Line Defenders (NGO, EN), 21.08.2015, Italy: Legal Director of Alkarama arrested
• LADDH (NGO Algeria, FR), 24.08.2015, Case Rachid Mesli: LADDH Demands His Release, by President Nourredine Benissad

Wires

• ANSA (Italy, IT), 16.09.2015, Terrorism, Freed Activist Who Was under Arrest
• ANSA Valle d'Aosta (Italy, IT), 15.09.2015, Algeria Asks for the Lawyer's Extradition
• Agenzia Nova (Italy, IT), 27.08.2015, Terrorism: Mesli, My Arrest Is a Revenge of the Algerian Authorities
• AFP (France, EN), 21.08.2015, Algerian human rights lawyer held in Italy: reports
• ANSA (Italy, IT), 25.08.2015, Arrested Lawyer, Risk of Torture
• ANSA (Italy, EN), 21.08.2015, Mesli risks persecution if extradited says Amnesty
• ANSA (Italy, EN), 21.08.2015, Italy arrests Algerian lawyer
• ANSA (Italy, IT), 21.08.2015, Terrorism, Algerian Lawyer under Arrest
• Anadolu Agency (Turkey, AR), 22.08.2015, Algerian Lawyer Released after One Day of Detention in Italy
• Anadolu Agency (Turkey, AR), 21.08.2015, Italy: Algerian Lawyer Arrested on the basis of an Interpol's Decision
• APR (Algeria, FR),
• Quds Press International News Agency (Palestine, AR), 23.08.2015, Italian Police Arrested an Algerian Dissident

News from Algeria

• Le Matin (Algeria, FR), 30.09.2015, Algeria Asks Italy to Extradite Rachid Mesli, Former Lawyer of the Dissolved Islamic Salvation Front (APS)
• El Watan (Algeria, FR), 20.09.2015, Case Rachid Mesli: It Will Be Difficult for Algeria to Obtain His Extradition, by Nacéra Benali
• Le Quotidien d'Algérie (Algeria, FR), 16.09.2015, URGENT: Me Rachid MESLI Is Free!!!
• Tout sur l'Algérie (Algeria, FR), 16.09.2015, Rachid Mesli Not Anymore under House Arrest, by Amina Boumazza
• El Goual (Algeria, FR), 02.09.2015, Extradition of Rachid Mesli: No Request from the Algerian Authorities Yet, by Karim Kadi
• Reporters (Algeria, FR), 31.08.2015, Justice / Case Rachid Mesli: The Italian Court Ordered the Lawyer to Remain under House Arrest, by Salim Bennour
• El Khabar (Algeria, AR), 26.08.2015, Italy Refuses the Extradition of Former FIS Lawyer Rachid Mesli
• Tout sur l'Algérie (Algeria, FR), 26.08.2015, Rachid Mesli, Former Lawyer of Madani and Belhadj: "I Have Never Been Affiliated To FIS", by Amina Boumazza
• La Nation (Algeria, FR), 24.08,2015, Extradition to Algeria of Rachid Mesli, former Lawyer of Dissolved FIS: The Turin Court of Appeal Will Decide Today, by Fayçal Hamdi
• Liberté (Algeria, FR), 24.08.2015, Controversy over the Extradition of ME Rachid Mesli to Algeria
• El Watan (Algeria, FR), 23.08.2015, Italian Justice Releases Algerian Lawyer Rachid Mesli, by Farouk Djouadi
• Algeria Watch (Algeria, FR), 22.08.2015, Rachid Mesli Released Pending Appearance Before Turin Court of Appeal on Tuesday, by Alkarama
• Algeria Watch (Algeria, FR), 21.08.2015, Alkarama's Legal Director Detained in Italy on the Basis of Algerian Arrest Warrant, by Alkarama
• Le Quotidien d'Algérie (Algeria, FR), 21.08.2015, Arrest in Italy of ME Rachid Mesli, Human Rights Activist, by Salah-Eddine SIDHOUM

News from Italy

• RAI3 (Italy, IT), 16.09.2015, TG Valle d'Aosta Edizione delle 19.30, 01':07''-03':48'', by Marco Curatolo
• La Repubblica, Torino (Italy, IT), 16.09.2015, Judges in Turin Give Green Light, the Algerian Human Rights Lawyer Is Free Again
• RAI3 (Italy, IT), 15.09.2015, TG Valle d'Aosta Edizione della notte, 00':00''-01'35'', by Paolo Volpato
• RAI3 (Italy, IT), 15.09.2015, TG Valle d'Aosta EdizionTG Valle d'Aosta Edizione delle 19.30, 01':06''-03'17'', by Paolo Volpato
• Il Corriere della Sera (Italy, IT), 15.09.2015, Algeria Asks for Laywer's Extradition (ANSA)
• La Stampa Aosta (Italy, IT), 15.09.2015, Algeria Wants Rachid Mesli. "I Am at Risk of Torture There"
• RAI3 (Italy, IT), 14.09.2015, TG Valle d'Aosta Edizione delle 14.00, 07':50''-10':33'', by Marco Curatolo
• La Repubblica (Italy, IT), 25.08.2015, Arrested Lawyer: "If I Go Back to Algeria, I Am at Risk of Torture", by Jacopo Ricca
• RAI2 (Italy, IT), 25.08.2015, TG2 1:00pm, The Algerian Lawyer, Human Rights Activist Refused Extradition
• RAI3 (Italy, IT), 23.08.2015, TG Valle d'Aosta Edizione della notte, 00':00''-01':09'', by Pierfrancesco Pontercorvo
• La Stampa (Italy, IT), 22.08.2015, Rights Defender or Terrorist? The Riddle of the Arrested Algerian Lawyer, by Andrea Rossi
• Il Corriere della Sera, blog "Le persone e la dignità" (Italy, IT), 22.08.2015, Arrested in Italy Algerian Lawyer. Amnesty: "He Is Innocent, He Should Not Be Extradited", by Monica Ricci Sargentini
• Il Manifesto (Italy, IT), 22.08.2015, Rachid Mesli, An Arrest (in Italy), That Causes Debate, by Mauro Ravarino
  

News from Switzerland

• Alasr TV (Switzerland, EN), 28.09.2015,
  
• SwissInfo (Switzerland, EN), 22.09.2015, Rights lawyer undeterred by Italian house arrest, by Abdelhafidh Abdeleli
• La Tribune de Genève (Switzerland, FR), 16.09.2015, The Algerian Lawyer Rachid Mesli Can Come Back to Switzerland (ats/nxp)
• RSI (Switzerland, IT), 16.09.2015, Mesli Can Come Back to Switzerland
• Le Matin (Switzerland, FR), 16.09.2015, Algerian Lawyer Mesli Can Come Back to Switzerland (ATS/NXP)
• Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland, DE), 15.09.2015, Italy Does Not Extradite the Human Rights Activist to Algeria
• La Tribune de Genève (Switzerland, FR), 26.08.2015, The Algerian Lawyer Remains under House Arrest in Aosta
• Le Temps (Switzerland, FR), 24.08.2015, The Head of a Geneva-based NGO Stopped at the Italian Border, by Luis Lema
• Le Matin (Switzerland, FR), 21.08.2015, Italy Arrests an Algerian Lawyer, Refugee in Switzerland (ATS/Newsnet)
• 24heures (Switzerland, FR), 21.08.2015, Italy Arrests an Algerian Lawyer, Refugee in Switzerland (ATS/Newsnet)
• SwissInfo (Switzerland, FR), 21.08.2015, Italy Arrests an Algerian Lawyer, Refugee in Switzerland
  

News from the Arab World

• Al Huffington Post (North Africa, FR), 18.09.2015, Arrest of Rachid Mesli, Ex-Lawyer of Ex-FIS: Algeria Will Send the Extradition Request in Due Time
• The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (Regional, EN), 19-26.08.2015, Alkarama's Legal Director Detained in Italy on the Basis of Algerian Arrest Warrant
• Aljazeera America (Qatar, EN), 26.08.2015, Rights lawyer on house arrest in Italy accused of aiding 'terrorist group', by D. Parvaz
• Aljazeera.net (Qatar, AR), 23.08.2015, Italy Releases Human Rights Defender Rachid Mesli, by Abdelmonem Haikal
• Al Watan (Kuwait, AR), 22.08.2015, The International Association of Rights and Freedoms Deplores the Arrest in Italy of Human Rights Defender Rachid Mesli
• Al Huffington Post (North Africa, FR), 21.08.2015, Rachid Mesli, Algerian Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Arrested by Italian Authorities in Switzerland
• Al Magharibia Channel (North Africa, FR), 21.08.2015, Arrest of Rachid Mesli in Italy!, by Djamaledine Benchenouf

News from other countries

From Europe

• Jeune Afrique (France, FR), 18.09.2015, Algeria Asks for Rachid Mesli's Extradition, Who... Has Already Left Italy, by Salsabil Chellali
• openDemocracy (World, EN), 03.09.2015, Why does the Algerian regime fear Rachad?, by Lakhdar Ghettas
• Mil21.es (Spain, ES), 31.08.2015, ME Rachid Mesli Arrested in Italy, Human Rights Defender Uncomfortable for Algeria
• Mondafrique (France, FR), 28.08.2015, The Possible Extradition of an Algerian Human Rights Lawyer
• The Independent (UK, EN), 26.08.2015, Why is Interpol doing the work of Arab despots?, by Robert Fisk
• Médiapart (France, FR), 22.08.2015, Free Rachid Mesli!
• Jeune Afrique (Africa, FR), 21.08.2015, Algeria: Rachid Mesli, Former Lawyer of FIS, Refugee in Switzerland, Arrested by the Italian Authorities
• Le Soir (Belgium, FR), 21.08.2015, Algerian Human Rights Lawyer, Refugee in Switzerland, Arrested in Italy

 From Turkey, Russia, Africa and beyond

• Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders (World, EN), 17.09.2015, Algerian government fails to prove accusation against human rights defenders held in Italy
• Sydney Criminal Lawyers (Australia, EN), 15.09.2015, Interpol: Catching Criminals or Persecuting Scapegoats?, by Ugur Nedim
• RIA Novosti (Russia, RU), 21.08.2015, Italy: Algerian Lawyer Suspected of Terrorism Got Arrested
• RT (Russia, FR), 21.08.2015, Algerian Lawyer, Human Rights Activist, Arrested in Italy