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French Writer Jailed in Algeria Won't Appeal: Supporters

Summary by Al-Monitor
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…

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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.

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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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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."

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DEXYPTAGE – While in France presidential grace is rare and individual, in Algeria, this measure is frequent and inscribed in political life.

·Paris, France
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Magyar Hang broke the news in on Monday, July 7, 2025.
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