European Court of Human Rights: France deports Algerian man convicted on charges of terrorism April 30, 2019 at 2:42 am | Published in: Africa , Algeria , Europe & Russia , France , News This photo shows the inside of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 7, 2019. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP / Getty) April 30, 2019 at 2:42 am The European Court of Human Rights allowed on Monday France to deport an Algerian man serving a prison term on terrorism charges back to his country, saying nothing indicates that he would be “in real danger” of torture there.

“This is the first time the court has allowed the deportation of a convicted person in a terrorism case to Algeria,” a court source said.

The source explained that this was not a matter of change in the Court’s rules which usually has reservations over the expulsion of Algerians back to their country because of the use of torture by counter-terrorism services there. “

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The situation in Algeria has changed since 2015 … which makes the deportation procedures possible”, the source added.

In 2015, a French court sentenced the Algerian man to six years in prison for providing night- vision goggles and money to the al- Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb terrorist group.

Last year, in February 2018 the police in the Loire issued a decision to deport the man back to his country. However, he appealed to the European Court claiming he could be tortured in Algeria.

The Court has rejected the appeal, saying the deportation does not violate article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.

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