Amnesty condemns Algeria torture
Amnesty International condemned the continuing use of torture by Algerian security services in a report published on 10 July. The report said that torture '[continues] to be used systematically' by the Department of Information & Security, which is responsible for intelligence gathering. 'Recent measures taken by the Algerian authorities with the stated intention of consolidating 'national reconciliation' have failed to address this grim legacy,' the report said.
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