Khaled N. [CASE DROPPED]

Type of liability
Personne physique

Alleged perpetrator(s)
Khaled N.

Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
Algerian

Legal classification of crime(s)
Torture and acts of barbarity

Source of the complaint
Victim

Ongoing proceedings
non

Regime
2 - 689-1 CPP

Summary of facts

General Khaled N., Minister of Defense in Algeria from July 1990 to July 1993, then President of the High Council of State, allegedly condoned and ordered acts of torture.

Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.

Legal proceedings

April 25, 2001: While Khaled N. is in France, three complaints for “torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” are filed by an Algerian family whose son died under torture and by two former detainees, who were also tortured by the army. 
April 26, 2001: Khaled N. leaves France without being questioned by the police 
June 28, 2002: While Khaled N. is in France, nine Algerians file a complaint for “torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.” 
July 5, 2002: The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office drops all the complaints on the grounds of a lack of serious and consistent evidence.