US EditionFrench-Algerian Writer Boualem Sansal Won't Appeal Sentence, Hopes for Pardon
- Boualem Sansal, an 80-year-old French-Algerian writer, was sentenced on March 27 to five years in prison and fined 500,000 Algerian dinars in Dar El Beida, Algeria.
- The charges stemmed from Sansal’s remarks to a French media outlet in which he alleged that, during the colonial era spanning 1830 to 1962, France assigned parts of Moroccan land to Algeria—a statement that Algeria perceives as a threat to its national sovereignty.
- Sansal attended the court hearing on June 24 without a lawyer and argued that the charges against him were illogical, citing protections for freedom of speech and belief under Algeria's constitution.
- Sources close to Sansal said he has given up his right to appeal to Algeria's supreme court, making the five-year sentence final, while Noëlle Lenoir, head of his support committee, expressed hope for his release despite the situation.
- Sansal was not pardoned in the mass presidential clemency on the eve of Algeria's Independence Day, and his conviction has strained France-Algeria relations amid ongoing territorial and diplomatic tensions.
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On Saturday, July 5th, Boualem Sansal's relatives were eagerly awaited, but on this day, the anniversary of Algerian independence, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune refused to pardon the Franco-Algérien writer. This week, a court confirmed his conviction to five years' imprisonment for violating national unity. And his case is now at the heart of an arm of iron between the metropolis and Algeria. For a year, tensions between the two countries have …
DECRYPTAGE - While the imprisoned writer was not pardoned by the Algerian president, the diplomatic strategy chosen by the Elysée and the Quai d'Orsay arouses the desire of those who would like to engage a real arm of iron with Algiers.
French writer jailed in Algeria won’t appeal, hopeful of pardon
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence to Algeria's Supreme Court, sources close to the author said on Saturday, adding that they remain hopeful for a pardon. The 80-year-old dual-national writer was sentenced to five years behind bars on 27 March on charges related to undermining Algeria's territorial integrity over comments made to a French media outlet. "According to our information, he will not ap…
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal won't appeal sentence, hopes for pardon
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence, sources close to the author said on Saturday. French Prime Minister François Bayrou has said he hoped Algeria would pardon the author, who was arrested in November for saying France had unfairly ceded Moroccan territory to Algeria during the colonial era.
French writer jailed in Algeria won't appeal, still hopeful of pardon: supporters
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence to Algeria's supreme court, said sources close to the author on Saturday, saying they remain hopeful for a pardon.The 80-year-old dual national writer was sentenced to five years behind bars on March 27 on charges related to undermining Algeria's territorial integrity over comments made to a French media outlet."According to our information, he will not appeal to…
Franco-Algérien writer Boualem Sansal, sentenced to five years in prison for "damaging national unity" in Algeria, will not seek cassation, learned the AFP from consistent sources on Saturday. ...
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