UN approves Algeria request to suspend Arab NGO
2009-07-28
In response to a request by Algeria, the UN on Monday (July 27th) suspended the consultative status of the Paris-based Arab Commission of Human Rights (ACHR) for one year, international press reported. Algeria claimed that the ACHR had violated UN rules by allowing "wanted terrorist" Rachid Mesli to serve as the human rights NGO spokesman in Geneva last year. Algeria issued an arrest warrant against Mesli in 1997 for fleeing a conviction for supporting terrorism. The former defence attorney had represented Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leaders Abassi Madani and Ali Belhadj.
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