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- On June 29, 2025, a court in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, handed down a seven-year prison term to French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes.
- His sentence stems from charges of glorifying terrorism and possessing publications harmful to national interests related to his contacts with a Kabyle football figure before its terrorist designation.
- In May 2024, Gleizes traveled to Algeria to cover the Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie football team but was arrested on May 28. Following his arrest, he was subjected to judicial supervision and prohibited from leaving the country.
- Reporters Without Borders condemned the verdict as 'nonsensical' and 'unprecedented,' while So Foot and Gleizes' family expressed shock and called for a diplomatic solution.
- The ruling highlights tensions between Algeria and France, as Gleizes will appeal and the case adds to strained relations involving issues of politics, media freedom, and security.
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On Sunday, French independent journalist Christophe Gleizes was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Algerian justice system. Accused of terrorism, this collaborator of So Press eta...
Sports journalist Christophe Gleizes was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria for acts of terrorism. ...
Algeria jails French journalist for 7 years over football report
A court in Algeria has sentenced French journalist Christophe Gleizes to seven years in prison on charges of advocating terrorism over his work on a football team in Kabyle, the Amazigh region at the heart of the North African nation's separatist tensions. The ruling, handed down by the court of Tizi Ouzou in the Kabyle region on 29 June, comes just two days before Algeria's appeals court is set to rule in the high-profile case of Franco-Algeria…
Sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria for "apology of terrorism", which his supporters contest, French journalist Christophe Gleizes is a football specialist, co-author of a book on "Slavery...
Algeria Sentences French Sports Journalist to Seven Years Behind Bars
Algerian authorities have sentenced a prominent French sports journalist to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism", media rights campaigners RSF have said, denouncing the verdict as "nonsensical". Christophe Gleizes, who contributes to the So Foot magazine, will file an appeal on Monday.
Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years behind bars
Algerian authorities have sentenced a prominent French sports journalist to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism", media rights campaigners RSF have said, denouncing the verdict as "nonsensical". Christophe Gleizes, who contributes to the So Foot magazine, will file an appeal on Monday.
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