US EditionAlgerian court upholds 7-year sentence for French journalist Christophe Gleizes
Algerian court upheld Christophe Gleizes' seven-year sentence for terrorism glorification linked to his reporting on a banned separatist group, rights groups and French officials condemn the ruling.
- On Wednesday, December 3 an Algerian appeals court in Tizi Ouzou upheld a seven-year sentence for Christophe Gleizes, 36-year-old French sports journalist, who has been in custody since June 29.
- Authorities say he was convicted of violating Algeria's anti-terrorism laws and possessing propaganda materials after entering on a tourist visa while reporting on JS Kabylie and meeting a MAK-linked official.
- In Tizi Ouzou Gleizes pleaded guilty, acknowledged many journalistic mistakes, and said he was `Ashamed to admit it` about not knowing the MAK was listed as a terrorist organisation.
- The French government condemned the ruling and called for Gleizes' release, while a pardon from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is now the only realistic option.
- Amid a wider diplomatic rift, rights groups say Algeria uses anti-terror laws to target political speech, shutter outlets, and prosecute journalists, straining France-Algeria relations.
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Christophe Gleizes was sentenced to 7 years in prison for his family and supporters and could make the hope of a calming between Paris and Algiers fly in eclats, maintained until the hours preceding the verdict.
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bienpublic.comHe has been imprisoned since June for "apology of terrorism", and has been sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday.
The collaborator of "So Foot" and "Society", sentenced at first instance to seven years in prison for apology of terrorism, was confirmed his sentence before the Court of Appeal of Tizi Ouzou, Wednesday, 3 December.
"We will reflect" on the possibility of seeking cassation, confirms Christophe Gleizes' lawyer on Thursday 4 December.
Sylvie and Francis Godard, the mother and stepfather of journalist Christophe Gleizes, are the guests of RFI on 4 December 2025. The Algerian justice sentenced French journalist, Christophe...
Algerian Court Increases Jail Time for French Journalist Convicted of 'Terrorism'
A court in Tizi Ouzou, in eastern Algeria, on Wednesday announced a ten-year sentence in the appeal trial of French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, accused among other things of "glorifying terrorism". Arrested in May 2024, he has been detained since his trial in June, when he was originally sentenced to seven years in prison.
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