The Algerian League for Human Rights (which appointed its lawyers to defend Bouhafs' appeal) condemned the sentence for violating the Algerian constitution and international human rights standards, and called on the authorities to amend article 144 of the Penal Code which criminalizes insults to religion and state symbols. 
Shirikisho la Watetea haki za Binadamu la nchini Algeria (ambalo liliteua mawakili wa kumuwakilisha Bouhaf kwenye kesi yake ya rufaa) ililaani hukumu iliyotolewa kwani ilikiuka katiba ya Algeria na makubaliano ya Kimataifa ya haki za binadamu na kuzitaka mamlaka husika kubadili kifungu cha sheria namba 144 cha kanuni ya adhabu kinachofanya kuwa ni jinai kukashifu dini pamoja na alama za Taifa.