This is a translation of Algeria Watch's page on Baba Nadjar here (in French) and part of Kalima DZ's latest communiqué about this young man's case (in French). "Mohamed Baba-Nadjar, born on 4 January 1984 is from Ghardaïa. He was 21 years-old when Brahim Bazine was attacked and assassinated in October 2005. Brahim Bazine was a member of the Red Crescent's local office and a former militant of the FFS [Algeria's socialist party]. With no proof whatsoever, Mohamed Baba-Nadjar was accused of having murdered Bazine, his sentence on 6 June 2006 was the death penalty. Since then he has been incarcerated in Ghardaïa’s prison where he was tortured. On Saturday 03 January 2009 the appeal of young Mohamed Baba Nadjar should have been heard. It was postponed for the second time running. No other date was fixed for the case to be heard. The prosecutor general had apparently asked the Supreme Court on 23 December 2008 that his trial be postpostoned and heard outsid...