Algeria: Journalist held

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Noureddine Boukraa, the national daily "Ennahar"'s bureau chief in the city of Annaba (600 km east of Algiers), who was detained on 12 November 2007 in connection with an article about alleged corruption within the local security services and was held overnight. "Algeria's journalists are not able to work freely, despite the deceptive calm they seem to have enjoyed since the start of the year," the press freedom organisation said.