US EditionAlgeria Pardons Writer Boualem Sansal
- On Wednesday, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune granted a humanitarian pardon to French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal and agreed to Germany handling his transfer and medical care.
- Citing Sansal's age and fragile health, Steinmeier requested Abdelmadjid Tebboune grant a pardon on humanitarian grounds, aided by their longstanding personal ties.
- Algerian authorities detained Boualem Sansal after his November 16, 2024 arrest, and a court in March found him guilty of undermining national unity following remarks questioning Algeria's borders.
- French officials said they were relieved and thanked those who helped secure the release, with Emmanuel Macron and Sebastien Lecornu welcoming it despite the deepened Paris-Algiers diplomatic row.
- Amid rising regional tensions over Western Sahara, about 20 NGOs including Amnesty International denounced allegations against Sansal as 'baseless' and called for his release.
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Boualem Sansal was pardoned by Algeria. And it was not French diplomacy that allowed this outcome, despite months of pressure and harsh declarations, but Germany.
A few hours after being released by Algeria, the Franco-Algérien writer entrusted himself to the "Point" on his year of detention. Thanks to a German intervention, he regained freedom. His return to France...
Franco-Algérien writer Boualem Sansal, pardoned and released Wednesday by Algeria after a year of detention, goes "somewhat well" and hopes to arrive in France Friday or Saturday, he said Thursday...
Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebbun agreed to release the writer so that he could receive medical care in Germany.
The grace of Boualem Sansal does not end our heavy dispute with Algeria It was last night that the official aircraft chartered by Germany landed in Berlin. On board, Boualem Sansal, finally liberated from his jail in Algiers where he was imprisoned since 16 November 2024 for mere facts of opinion. Following the intervention of the President of the Federal Republic Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the dissenting writer, 81 years old, was pardoned by Alge…
At the urging of German President Steinmeier, Algeria pardons the critical author Boualem Sansal. He had become a political ball in the dispute between Paris and Algiers.
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