Writer Boualem Sansal Plans to Pursue Legal Action Against Algeria’s President – The North Africa Post
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Gracied in November by the Algerian president after a year in prison, the author claimed on Saturday 11 April that he intended to "attack in court", when it would be "the right time".
In November, Boualem Sansal announced his intention to sue Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. "It was he who condemned me," he declared this Saturday at a conference at the National Assembly. Gracied in November, the writer spent a year in a prison in his country of birth, found guilty of "apology of terrorism." - L'étriteur Boualem Sansal will attack the Algerian president in court (Culture, media and entertainment).
The 81-year-old Franco-Algérien author, who was detained for one year in Algeria, has initiated proceedings to bring the matter before the international court.
The writer, sentenced to five years in prison for critical stances on his native country, was pardoned in November by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune after a year in prison
"My lawyer has prepared a case for international justice against Mr. Tebboune," the writer said.
"They sentenced me to death, putting me on all the stuff, 'terrorism', 'espionage', 'attack to the security of the State'," said the 81-year-old author, on Saturday, invited to the Political Book Day held at the National Assembly in Paris.
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