Algeria Country Update

This report provides an update on freedom of religion or belief in Algeria. The government currently criminalizes blasphemy and restricts religious practice, worship, and observance. It persecutes members of faith-based groups including Christians and Ahmadiyya Muslims. The Algerian government denies Ahmadiyyas the right to register as Muslims and continues to prosecute religious leaders as well using in-absentia convictions and suspended sentences. It has also closed nearly all evangelical churches in the country with only one remaining open as of September 2024.