The UIA denies that APS article is true

On 14 March 2017 the Algérie Presse Service - Algeria’s national press agency - published an article entitled “Une délégation de l’UIA s’enquiert des conditions des Sahraouis dans les camps de réfugiés".

This article refers to a mission from a delegation of the UIA in a Sahraouian refugees camp.

The Union Internationale des Avocats (www.uianet.org) (“UIA”):

1.     denies having organized such a mission; and

2.     has not, at any time, given any mandate to the persons mentioned in the article.

The UIA condemns the publication of such an article and has asked for immediate correction of the article to the Algérie Presse Service.