Miscellaneous
The Algerian authorities have tagged a separatist group and an opposition movement as terrorist organisations.The High Council for National Security announced that the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie and the Rachad opposition movement were illegal and terrorist entities.Both groups are based abroad but have supporters in the country.They could be jailed for life if convicted of membership in these organisations under a new law that punishes any Algerian joining an organisation abroad that damages the interests of the country.