Detention of Boualem Sansal: the Writer's Daughters Feel "Powerless" to Obtain His Release

TRIBUNE - The writer, deprived of his most fundamental rights, has been incarcerated in Algeria for six months. In this open letter, the vice-president of the National Assembly Xavier Breton and the deputy of the Hauts-de-Seine Constance Le Grip ask the government to appoint Boualem...

Unfortunately, there was nothing to do with the curvature of the Orsay quay and the charm numbers of the Elysée: six months after his arrest in Algiers for an offence of opinion, our friend and fellow citizen Boualem Sansal is still held by the despotic regime of Abdelmadjid Tebboune. This Friday, the writer's support committee went to say his anger and support under the windows of the Algerian embassy in Paris. Sad anniversary! This Friday, May…

The writer's daughters exchanged with him for the last time by e-mail in 2023 and have not, since then, heard from him.

Nawal and Sabeha Sansal, who live in the Czech Republic, sent an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron and wrote to his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Saturday at the Salone meeting of solidarity with the French-Algerian author, in prison in the country of origin for his words: let's support him all

Cut off from the world since his arrest on 16 November and sentenced to five years in prison following a mock trial, the Franco-Algérien writer is trapped in the diplomatic war between Paris and Algiers.