US EditionAlgeria Prosecution Seeks 10 Years Jail For Writer Sansal On Appeal
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Macau BusinessAlgeria prosecution seeks 10 years jail for writer Sansal on appeal
ALGIERS: Algeria’s prosecutor general sought at an appeal hearing on Tuesday 10 years in prison for novelist Boualem Sansal, doubling his current sentence, an AFP journalist in the courtroom reported. The dual Algerian French writer, whose case has been at the heart of a diplomatic row between Paris and Algiers, was sentenced to five years imprisonment on March 27. A verdict
On Tuesday morning, after a flash hearing, a sentence of ten years' imprisonment was claimed before the Algiers Court of Appeal against the Franco-Algerian writer. Severe demands taken in a diplomatic climate tense with France.
The Algerian Public Prosecutor's Office demanded ten years' imprisonment on Tuesday against the Franco-Algérien writer, during an expeditious hearing before the Algiers Court of Appeal. According to the information revealed by " Marianne", Boualem Sansal was unable to benefit from the presence of his new French lawyer.
On Tuesday 24 June, the Algiers Court of Appeal demanded a sentence of ten years' imprisonment for the Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal. This request of the prosecutor's office comes in two... Read the arrest of Boualem Sansal: ten years required on appeal against the Franco-Algerian writer appeared first on current values.
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