Ahmed Reda Benchemsi

Morocco21 Aug 2019

Human Rights Watch Official Expelled from Algeria After Attending Protest

After his expulsion ordered on Sunday, August 18, 2019 by the Algiers Tribunal, the former Moroccan journalist and former founder of the TelQuel magazine arrived on Monday in Casablanca.

Morocco11 Aug 2019

Human Rights Watch Official Detained in Algeria Ahead of Protest

Former Editor-in-Chief of the weeklies TelQuel and Nichan, Ahmed Réda Benchemsi, was arrested by the Algerian authorities on the evening of Friday, August 9, 2019. He arrived in Algeria that same day with the intention of participating in a demonstration against the regime in place.