"He's starting to lose hope": detained in Algeria, Boualem Sansal started a hunger strike, according to his lawyer

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The Franco-Algerian writer denounces "pressures" to change his lawyer. His counsel also claims that his therapy has been arrested.

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Franco-Algérien writer Boualem Sansal, who has been incarcerated in Algeria since mid-November, began a hunger strike, said his lawyer on Sunday, stating that he was keeping this information from a judicial source.

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In the face of a crackdown on dissenting voices in Algeria, the 80-year-old Franco-Algérien writer Boualem Sansal, who has suffered from cancer, has begun a hunger strike since Saturday. A final form of protest against what he considers to be a judicial masquerade, where his fundamental rights – including that of legitimate defense – have been on the rise. ... This article Boualem Sansal, the persecuted writer starts a hunger strike in Algeria, …

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Incarcerated since November in Algeria on the charge of "damaging the integrity of the national territory", Boualem Sansal is said to have started a hunger strike. Fragiled by the detention, the Franco-Algérien writer launches an alarm cry, while international pressure is intensifying.