The UN Dispute Tribunal Rejects A Lawsuit Against Algerian Government

The United Nations Dispute Tribunal rejected a lawsuit brought against the Algerian government by some Algerian political activists in Europe.

The official Algerian News Agency APS quoted the secretary of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) in Geneva, Essam El-Muhammady, as saying that “the complaint submitted by some Algerian political activists against the Algerian authorities was rejected 24 hours after it was deposited and studied by the human rights experts in the office”.

APS added that the Egyptian secretary said in his intervention on Radio Monte Carlo International on Sunday that “the complaint was rejected for several reasons, including that “the content of the complaint does not match the reports of the Human Rights Organization in Algeria, and some of the signatories of the petition have criminal records, and all the signatories are not residing in Algeria for 10 years, and the petitioners are dual nationals, some of whom do not have Algerian citizenship”.

“The United Nations and human rights organizations are studying the files and complaints after a careful and in-depth evaluation by jurists from several countries delegated to the organization. The organization also depends on the reports of its branches in the countries and not from the opposition parties or movements because their disagreement with their regime is an internal matter”, the spokesman told APS.

The UNDT secretary concluded by saying that: “Rejection of the complaint reflects the classification of Algeria among the forefront of Arab countries that consecrate freedom of expression and the protection of human rights”.

It should be noted that APS reported this news without indicating neither the content of the complaint, nor the identity of the persons who filed this lawsuit.