Intimidation of journalists by authorities has been designed to limit Algerian media freedom

Algerian media faces ‘hostile environment’

Algiers – Independent media outlets in Algeria are under increasing pressure, despite a guarantee of press freedom in the country’s newly approved constitution, journalists say. Two television executives have spent the past three weeks in jail after investigations into two satirical talk shows. Mehdi Benaissa, the manager of KBC TV, and Riad Hartouf, the private channel’s…