Oct 10, 2017
A court has rejected an application for conditional release for Slimane Bouhafs on Monday 2nd October. He has since gone on a hunger strike in the Jijel Prison, Northeastern Algeria. Bouhafs had been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on 7th August 2016 (reduced on...
Jul 13, 2017
Algerian Christians are grateful that Slimane Bouhafs, imprisoned since September 2016 for blasphemy, has received a partial pardon. His three-year sentence was reduced by 16 months on 5th July, the national day of Algeria, following a decree by President Abdelaziz...
May 23, 2017
Algerian Christians request further prayer for Slimane Bouhafs, a Christian imprisoned for blasphemy in September 2016. On 8th May Slimane was transferred from Constantine Prison to Jijel Prison. This is the third prison in which Slimane has been detained. He was...
Jan 17, 2017
On 8th January a court of appeal in Bouira (100km east of Algiers) in the Kabylie region upheld a conviction for blasphemy against a Christian man and sentenced him to one year’s imprisonment. Samir Chamek (34) has been a Christian since 2005 and comes from a Muslim...
Nov 22, 2016
In August and September Middle East Concern issued prayer requests for Slimane Bouhafs (49), an Algerian Christian man who on 6th September was convicted of blasphemy and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Because of Slimane’s deteriorating health, his family...
