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Christophe Gleizes: The life on hold of a French journalist imprisoned in Algeria
Aged 36, Christophe Gleizes has been held in Tizi Ouzou for more than five months. Arrested in Kabylie while reporting on a football club, he was sentenced in June to seven years in prison for 'glorifying terrorism.' His appeal trial opens on December 3.
Sentenced to seven years in prison for "apology of terrorism", Christophe Gleizes awaits his appeal trial, on 3 December in Tizi Ouzou. His case illustrates the stiffening of the regime towards the press, and an increasing tension against the kabyles independents.
By Kamel M. – Just hours before the opening of the appeal trial of Frenchman Christophe Gleizes, scheduled for this Wednesday in Algiers, his Algerian lawyer, Amirouche Bakouri, strongly denounced the attitude of the French media, which he described as "extremist." In an interview with France 24, the lawyer accused these news outlets of "undermining the work of the defense" by presenting his client as a "hostage," a formulation he considers fals…
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