Rights lawyer undeterred by Italian house arrest

Years of supporting victims of human rights violations in Algeria provoked the ire of the regime and led to my recent house arrest in Italy, claims Algerian rights lawyer Rachid Mesli. But after his release, he tells swissinfo.ch he remains undeterred in his fight for better human rights.  Mesli returned to Switzerland last week after a Turin court lifted his house arrest in Aosta, Italy. Mesli, a political refugee who has lived in Switzerland since 2000, was detained on August 19 at the Grand St Bernard tunnel on the Swiss-Italian border while travelling on holiday to Tuscany with his wife and son. His detention was based on a 2002 international arrest warrant issued by Algerian authorities via Interpol. Last week the Italian judges released him arguing that Mesli risked being persecuted due to his human rights activities if he was sent back to Algeria. swissinfo.ch: What was Interpol’s involvement in your recent detention in Italy? Rachid Mesli: Article 3 of ...