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El Khabar (february 1st 2007) -
The UN human rights council rapporteur, Mrs Yakin Erturk
judged unclear the provisions related to reconciliation
wondering whether the exceptions included in Peace and
National Reconciliation Charter in relation to individual
cases were really enforced so far.
Mrs Erturk said some charter’s clauses are vague, such as
incrimination of anyone uses nation’s tragedy as obstacles
to freedom expression; she expressed her solidarity with
missing persons’ families who should have full rights to
express themselves without any threat. In addition, Mrs
Yakin’s 10-day visit to Algeria included debate on Algerian
women’s social conditions who are victims of violence and
desecrations. Amnesty doesn’t include persons involved in
collective massacres, desecrations and bombs planting in
public places, she added.
In a press conference she held in “El Djazair hotel”, Mrs
Yakin closes her visit by distributing copies of her report
to Algerian journalists, where essential points were
discussed such as, the Algerian turning point of September
2005 relying on peace charter and national reconciliation
through referendum.
Charter allows pardon to implicated persons in crimes in the
last decade; it even includes human rights violations such,
as torture and compulsory disappearance of persons.
Peace and National Reconciliation Charter condemns whoever
commit harms against the nation, through declaring or
writing any thing that affects national dignity, exploiting
national tragedy as a pretext to destruct national
properties or to perverse its reputation to a 3-5 years
prison, beside paying over 250.000 to 500.000 DA fines.
The national charter must include articles about
compensation to women and mothers whom relatives are still
missing and to facilitate the task for them to achieve their
needs without bureaucracy nor delay, added the rapporteur
who is displaying her report to Human Rights Council within
the next six months.
Atef Kedadra,
El Khabar, 1 février 2007
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