Algeria’s regime has come under attack from world-leading powers at the Human Rights Council (HRC) for prosecuting activists and journalists under an “overbroad” terrorism law. On Friday, 11 November, the US, the United Kingdom and Germany lambasted the North African state during the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) over its deteriorating human rights. The US representative asked Algiers to repeal the amendments to Article 87b of the Penal Code, which “contain an overly broad definition of terrorism,” and to release “journalists, human rights defenders and those detained under this provisi…