US EditionGerman President Asks Algeria To Pardon Writer Boualem Sansal
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Berlin asks Algiers to pardon Boualem Sansal, 81 years old, because of his declining health. The request, made public, suggests a possible gesture by President Tebboune.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier is working with the President of Algeria for the release of Boualem Sansal. In view of his state of health, the Federal President is said to have proposed an exit to Germany.
Germany asks Algiers to pardon Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune to pardon French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal on Monday. Sansal is serving a prison term in Algeria over controversial comments that have damaged France-Algeria relations.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier today urged Abdelmadjid Tebboune to "a humanitarian gesture" for the writer who has been imprisoned for a year and at the heart of a serious diplomatic crisis between Algiers and Paris.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier proposes to welcome the Franco-Algérien writer to Germany to receive medical care.
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