Algeria: Christophe Gleizes' Parents Call for "Quick Action" for His Release
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On his return from Algeria, Sylvie and Francis Godard gave news of their son, who had been imprisoned for more than a year after a mock trial, at a press conference on Thursday.
While the 37-year-old sports journalist has been incarcerated near Algiers for nearly 500 days, his parents are relaunching a campaign to demand his release. The Paris Council recently awarded him the medal of the citizen of honour of the capital.
For more than two long years now, sports journalist Christophe Gleizes has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the Algerian courts. In an interview granted to Franceinfo on Thursday 15 October 2026, the mother of the person concerned gave news, especially since Zinedine Zidane's public support.
The parents of the journalist from Agen Christophe Gleizes, who has been imprisoned in Algeria for nearly 500 days, and Reporters Without Borders urge the French government to intervene
The French journalist Christophe Gleizes is still detained in Algeria. His mother and his father-in-law were able to visit him several days ago. They spoke at a press conference on Thursday 15 October. - Christophe Gleizes detained in Algeria: the journalist's family gives news (International).
"We are in a pre-electoral moment. It is the responsibility of the current government to bring Christophe home," RSF's director-general Thibaut Bruttin said at a joint press conference. "We must act quickly now, and not hand over to the Greek calendes", in order to avoid "an Algerian power keeping a cartridge for later," added the NGO leader, who wonders if Christophe Gleizes has not become "a state hostage". "The more the electoral campaign wil…
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