As France-Algeria ties sour, supporters of imprisoned writer turn to Europe for help

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From the Boualem Sansal affair to Bruno Retailleau's obsessions, the inhabitants of Mostaganem and Oran observe by far the diplomatic crisis, divided between circumspection and some bitterness.

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While relations between France and Algeria are going through a new zone of turbulence, the fate of Boualem Sansal, a Franco-Algérien writer imprisoned in Algiers last November, is a source of serious concern. The 80-year-old Malade, who has, despite himself, become one of the symbols of the diplomatic arm of war between the two countries. A writer caught in the political wing Arrested as soon as he arrived on Algerian soil in November 2024, Boua…