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French-Algerian Writer Boualem Sansal Won't Appeal Sentence, Hopes for Pardon
- French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was sentenced on March 27 to five years in prison and fined 500,000 Algerian dinars in Algiers for comments made to French media.
- The case emerged after Sansal claimed in an interview that during the colonial era between 1830 and 1962, France reallocated areas belonging to Morocco to Algeria—an assertion Algeria considers a threat to its sovereignty.
- On June 24, Sansal, a vocal critic of Algerian authorities, appeared in court unrepresented and argued that the charges against him were unfounded, referencing constitutional protections for freedom of expression and conscience.
- An appeals court confirmed his sentence on July 1, and sources close to Sansal indicated he does not plan to challenge the ruling at the highest judicial level, while remaining optimistic about receiving a pardon.
- Sansal’s conviction has strained France-Algeria relations amid broader tensions, as France's prime minister François Bayrou expressed hope Algeria would pardon him despite Sansal not being included in recent presidential pardons.
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On Saturday, July 5th, Boualem Sansal's relatives were eagerly awaited, but on this day, the anniversary of Algerian independence, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune refused to pardon the Franco-Algérien writer. This week, a court confirmed his conviction to five years' imprisonment for violating national unity. And his case is now at the heart of an arm of iron between the metropolis and Algeria. For a year, tensions between the two countries have …
Welcome to the Canet detention centre, where multi-recidivist offenders from the Maghreb are waiting softly for an expulsion that will never come, fighting for seals. On 23 April, the general controller of places of deprivation of liberty, a role entrusted by Macron to Dominique Simonnot, former journalist of... Libération et du Canard... enchainé, released a report on the Canet administrative detention centre in Marseille. The clientele: 125 me…
DECRYPTAGE - While the imprisoned writer was not pardoned by the Algerian president, the diplomatic strategy chosen by the Elysée and the Quai d'Orsay arouses the desire of those who would like to engage a real arm of iron with Algiers.
French writer jailed in Algeria won’t appeal, hopeful of pardon
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence to Algeria's Supreme Court, sources close to the author said on Saturday, adding that they remain hopeful for a pardon. The 80-year-old dual-national writer was sentenced to five years behind bars on 27 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 ap…
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal won't appeal sentence, hopes for pardon
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence, sources close to the author said on Saturday. French Prime Minister François Bayrou has said he hoped Algeria would pardon the author, who was arrested in November for saying France had unfairly ceded Moroccan territory to Algeria during the colonial era.
French writer jailed in Algeria won't appeal, still hopeful of pardon: supporters
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal will not appeal his five-year prison sentence to Algeria's supreme court, said sources close to the author on Saturday, saying they remain hopeful for a pardon.The 80-year-old dual national writer was sentenced to five years behind bars on March 27 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…
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