6,500 families of Algerian missing people to get compensation

Algeria’s provincial committees have treated about 11,000 cases of families of terrorists killed in mountains since 2006. A total of 100,000 cases of children born in mountain and 6,500 cases of missing people’s families were treated as well.

• Judicial assistance cell for the implementation of the law for the National Reconciliation collected statistics about the implementation of the law for since it entered into force on February 28th 2006. They focused on the cases of the missing people and terrorists killed in mountains.
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• The cell’s president Marwane Azzi said the provincial committees have treated 6,500 cases of missing people’s families out of 6,549 for more than four years. The families filled lawsuits to competent courts to get death certificates and benefit from compensation. Other cases are waiting for the courts’ decisions. Some families refused to start legal procedures, saying they need to know the whole truth about their sons.
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• Azzi say those cases are suspended and exploited by some associations to gain money in coordination with international organisations.
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• A total of 11,000 cases of terrorists killed by the Algerian army in mountains were treated thanks to the assistance cell which refused to compensate families whose incomes were beyond the minimum guaranteed wage (SMIG). The compensation procedures were carried out according to the law for the National Reconciliation. The remaining cases are expected to be treated by the end of 2010.
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• The cell received 100,000 cases of children born in mountains. It suggested making a DNA test to decide in the cases of children whose fathers had died.
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• More than 18,000 cases of detainees in the Saharan security camps are still suspended because there are no judicial decisions of detention. “That needs a political solution,” said Azzi.
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• “More than 1,000 cases of temporary prison victims are also suspended,” he added.