Algeria’s top two Islamic leaders were released Wednesday after serving 12-year prison terms. The men -- Ali Belhadj, 47, and Abassi Madani, 72 -- were banned from politics, part of a bid to squelch ...

Abassi Madani, founder of Algeria's banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), will be buried in the capital Algiers on Saturday days after his death in Qatar where he lived in exile, a security source ...

The two leaders of an outlawed Islamic party, which nearly rose to power in Algeria more than a decade ago, were freed Wednesday after serving 12 years in prison. Abassi Madani and Ali Belhadj, who ...

Algeria's top two Islamic leaders, hailed by some as heroes and others as murderers, were released Wednesday after serving out their 12-year prison terms. The men _ Ali Belhadj, 47, and Abassi Madani, ...

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the Algerian authorities’ attempts to censor foreign press coverage of the recent release of two historic leaders of the banned Islamic Salvation Front (Front islamique ...