Ali Melici, an Algerian opposition figure, was gunned down in Paris in 1987 A French judge has dropped charges against an Algerian official over the killing of a leading Algerian opposition figure, a ...

Mohamed Ziane Hassani, an Algerian official wanted under an international arrest warrant for his alleged role in the 1987 murder of Algerian government opponent Ali Mecili (photo) in Paris, was ...

Ali Mecili, a lawyer active in Algeria's human rights movement, was killed by three gunshots in the foyer of his Paris apartment, and colleagues at the time accused the Algerian government of ...

A French court has accused a top Algerian diplomat of complicity in the 1987 killing of a dissident on Paris' Left Bank, prompting sharp words from Algeria's government Thursday. Ali Mecili, a lawyer ...