Abbas Aroua
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Dr. Abbas Aroua is an Algeria
n medical physicist and activist.
He obtained his PhD from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
in 1991. He is currently privat docent at the Lausanne Faculty of Medicine in Switzerland
, and head of Aroua Health & Education.
He leads the Hoggar Institute, a research institute publishing works related to Algerian politics and history, particularly on human rights violations by the Algerian government in and since the Algerian Civil War
. He co-authored An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres (Hoggar Press, 1999), an extensive analysis of the Algerian massacres of the 1990s arguing for government complicity in them, and edited Horroris Causa: Féminisme à l'ère de la Sainte-Eradication (Hoggar Press, 2000.)
In 2007, he co-founded Rachad
, an organisation dedicated to overthrowing the Algerian government through mass nonviolent resistance.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n medical physicist and activist.
He obtained his PhD from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...
in 1991. He is currently privat docent at the Lausanne Faculty of Medicine in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and head of Aroua Health & Education.
He leads the Hoggar Institute, a research institute publishing works related to Algerian politics and history, particularly on human rights violations by the Algerian government in and since the Algerian Civil War
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups which began in 1991. It is estimated to have cost between 150,000 and 200,000 lives, in a population of about 25,010,000 in 1990 and 31,193,917 in 2000.More than 70 journalists were...
. He co-authored An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres (Hoggar Press, 1999), an extensive analysis of the Algerian massacres of the 1990s arguing for government complicity in them, and edited Horroris Causa: Féminisme à l'ère de la Sainte-Eradication (Hoggar Press, 2000.)
In 2007, he co-founded Rachad
Rachad
Rachad is an Algerian political movement. Its stated objective is to "break with political practices in place since independence" and "establish a state in which the rule of law, democratic principles and good governance prevail" through non-violent means...
, an organisation dedicated to overthrowing the Algerian government through mass nonviolent resistance.