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Algeria election to take place amid ‘steady erosion of human rights’

Algeria election to take place amid ‘steady erosion of human rights’

Abdelmadjid Tebboune set for second term as president after changed poll date is expected to favour him

Algeria goes to the polls on Saturday in a presidential election being held in the context of what rights groups have called “a steady erosion of human rights” under the president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is expected to win a second five-year term.

As many as 24 million people are eligible to vote in the north African country in a process moved forward by three months.

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