Amnesty International has called on Algerian authorities to immediately drop charges against five activists who exposed the torture and attempted rape of a 15-year-old boy detained by police. The five activists from the Hirak movement, which led protests against former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s attempt to seek a fifth term in 2019, face charges including “publishing fake news”, “undermining the private life of a minor child by publishing a picture that may harm the child”, and “defaming public institutions and the judiciary”. They were arrested after two of them, Mohamed Tadjadit and So…