Algeria rejects UN “dictations” on missing people and evangelisation

Algeria rejected three recommendations of UN's Human Rights Council (HRC) as they are not in conformity with the Algerian constitution and the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation.

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• At the 8th session of the UN council, permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, Idriss El Jazairi announced that Algeria rejected 3 recommendations out of 20 within comprehensive periodic control.
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• Idriss El Jazairi said the three rejected recommendations are related to religious freedom in Algeria and non-punishment policy which was stuck to the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. “Algeria will answer all possible questions from state members and non-governmental organisations.”
• Speaking on the missing people issue, he said “it is a painful issue for the Algerian society.”
• The Algerian diplomat mentioned that religious freedom is limited by a related law. “This law came to fill a legal vacuum following many complaints against evangelisation campaigns in the name of religious freedom.”
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• UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC) approved Algeria’s human rights report during its 8th ordinary session in Geneva. The report was presented by Algerian Foreign Affairs Minister Mourad Medelsi in April 2008.
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