human rights/ANALYSIS
Algeria Jailed an Economist for Questioning a Megaproject
The four-year prison sentence handed to economist Djelloul Slama after he questioned the commercial viability of the Gara Djebilet iron-ore project raises a wider concern: can Algeria credibly promote investment and economic diversification while treating professional scrutiny of public projects as a criminal matter?
Nadia Rahmani8 min read