US EditionAlgerian Court Sentences Boualem Sansal to Five Years in Prison
- A court in Algeria sentenced writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison over remarks about Algeria's borders with Morocco, deemed a threat to national security by prosecutors.
- Both French President Emmanuel Macron and the European Parliament have urged for Sansal's release following the verdict, expressing disappointment.
- Sansal was convicted under anti-terrorism laws for allegedly undermining national unity and threatening national stability, as stated by the court.
- Relations between Algeria and France have worsened amid tensions over Western Sahara, especially after France recognized Morocco's claims to the territory.
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France’s Emmanuel Macron calls for release of French Algerian writer
The NewsFrench President Emmanuel Macron called for the release of an award-winning French Algerian writer jailed under controversial anti-terrorism laws. Boualem Sansal was imprisoned in Algeria for five years for “undermining national unity” after saying in an interview that France had drawn the borders between Algeria and Morocco in the former’s favor. The subject is a vexed one in Algiers after France recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over a …
Writer Sansal sentenced to 5 years in prison: 80 years old, sick, he is a victim of tensions between Paris and Algiers
Boualem Sansal was sentenced to five years in prison by the court of Dar El Beida, in Algiers, in addition to the payment of a fine of 500 thousand Algerian dinars (about 3,500 euros), because he was found guilty of threatening national integrity. At 80 years old, sick with cancer, the French-Algerian writer, who has been detained since 16 November last in a maximum security prison not far from Algiers, will therefore remain in prison. The sente…
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