Algeria Persecutes Christians
Five people were sentenced earlier in June for charges related preaching Christian doctrine and public order offences by virtue of the on the religious practice in Algeria approved by the government in 2006. The sentences vary between one year sentence with no remission and one year suspended sentence with a 5000 AD fine.
Public authorities started implementing the legal texts ruling the religious practice in Algeria. Five people are to be tried for Christian doctrine preaching as well as public order offending.