US EditionFrench Writer Jailed in Algeria Won't Appeal: Supporters
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On the occasion of the anniversary of Algeria's independence on 5 July, President Tebboune could have pardoned Boualem Sansal but did not do so. A fiery failure for French diplomacy, too cowardly to engage an arm of iron with the dictatorship of Algiers, until it was folded.
He is 80 years old and is said to have endangered the »national unity«, so the regime in Algiers shows no mercy. The French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal must remain in prison. He still has one hope.
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MSNFrench writer jailed in Algeria won't appeal: supporters
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence to Algeria's Supreme Court, sources close to the author said Saturday, as Paris stepped up its calls for him to be pardoned.The 80-year-old dual national was sentenced to five years in March on charges related to undermining Algeria's territorial integrity over comments made to a French media outlet."According to our information, he will not appeal to the Supreme…
French Writer Faces Five Years Behind Bars in Algeria for ‘Undermining National Unity’
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will have to serve a prison sentence in Algeria after his five-year prison sentence was upheld by the Algerian courts. The bombastic statements of the French government thus proved futile in the face of the Algerian authorities’ determination not to give in to France. Boualem Sansal was sentenced on appeal to five years in prison on Tuesday, July 1st, for ‘undermining national unity.’ The writer was unjustly…
Algeria is sensitive to French pressure: nothing can be "dictated," it says, demands to release the writer, and he was condemned for violating "national unity."
DEXYPTAGE – While in France presidential grace is rare and individual, in Algeria, this measure is frequent and inscribed in political life.
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