Algerian police briefly arrested a French author and her Algerian publisher along with others during a raid on her book event, the publisher revealed on Sunday.
Dominique Martre, author of "La Kabylie en partage" ("Shared Kabylia"), was
arrested alongside her husband and the owner of the bookshop, said Arezki
Ait-Larbi, director of the Koukou publishing house, who was himself detained. Member of the public attending the event were also arrested.
Lawyers for Abir Moussi, leader of Tunisia’s Free Constitutional Party, have launched an appeal against charges that could lead
France expressed growing alarm Friday over the detention of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria. The 75-year-old novelist, a vocal
Libya’s acting head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taher Al-Baour, met with the Dutch Ambassador to Tripoli, Joost
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk,
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