US EditionFamily of French journalist sentenced in Algeria pleads for help from soccer great Zidane
ALGERIA, JUN 29 – Christophe Gleizes was convicted for interviews linked to a banned separatist group, highlighting growing press freedom concerns amid Algeria-France tensions, RSF said.
- Algerian authorities have sentenced French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes to seven years in prison for 'glorifying terrorism'.
- Gleizes was arrested in May 2024 while writing about a local football club, and charged with 'glorifying terrorism' and 'possessing publications for propaganda purposes harmful to national interests'.
- Media rights campaigners RSF have denounced the verdict as 'nonsensical' and said Gleizes 'has been subjected to an absurd judicial control order for over a year'.
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The verdict was handed down after thirteen months of detention.
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Family of French journalist sentenced in Algeria pleads for help from soccer great Zidane
The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help from the sporting world and soccer great Zinédine Zidane.
In May 2024, French journalist Christophe Gleizes, sent by the magazine "So Foot" in Algeria for a report on the club of the Jeunesse sportif de Kabylie, was arrested in front of the stadium of Tizi Ouzou. Thirteen months later, he received seven years in prison for apology of terrorism, without having published any line. A kafkaian gear where football and Franco-Algérian diplomacy televised. Recited an absurd trap that became a state affair.
Algeria court jails France journalist as crackdown on press freedom expands
A court in Algeria has sentenced French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes to seven years in prison on charges of “glorifying terrorism” and “possessing propaganda publications harmful to the national interest,” the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tuesday. Gleizes, who has written for French publications So Foot and Society, was arrested on May 28, 2024, in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, after interviewing the president of football club J…
It is a case that arouses great emotion in the world of the media. Christophe Gleizes, a French sports journalist, was sentenced to seven years in prison by the court in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, for "apology of terrorism".
Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years in prison - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, July 1, 2025—Algerian authorities must immediately release freelance French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. An Algiers court sentenced him on June 29 to seven years in prison on charges of “glorifying terrorism” and “possessing propaganda publications harmful to the national interest.” Gleizes was arrested on May 28, 2024, in the town of Tizi Ouzo…
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