Algeria: Further information on Fear of torture: Nouamane Meziche (m), aged 35, joint Algerian and French national

Index Number: MDE 28/003/2006
Date Published: 22 February 2006
Categories: Algeria, Middle East And North Africa

Nouamane Meziche was presented to the judicial authorities in the capital, Algiers, in the morning of 19 February 2006, 45 days after he was arrested. He has been charged with "belonging to a terrorist group operating abroad" and remanded in custody. He is no longer thought to be at risk of torture.