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French Writer Jailed in Algeria Won't Appeal: Supporters
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The French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was sentenced to five years in prison for violating territorial unity confirmed on appeal on 1 July in Algeria. His situation continues to be a diplomatic puzzle for Paris, which still has such complicated relations with Algiers. Boualem Sansal's situation is also a concern in Brussels since he is a European citizen, but some blame the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas for his inaction.
The diplomatic arm continues! Sentenced to five years in prison, the Franco-Algérien writer Boualem Sansal did not receive a presidential pardon on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of Algeria's independence. The regime prefers to keep him in the shadows, far from microphones and stands, and here is why. Boualem Sansal never shed a drop of blood. He never raised his hand on anyone. Yet, he is censored, banned, erased from Algerian public spac…
While politicians think they are writers, a true author, Boualem Sansal, is in prison.
After the Franco-Algérien novelist retained by Algiers since November 2024, the French recently learned of the detention of journalist Christophe Gleizes. Two sadly revealing cases of the impotence of French and European institutions.
Boualem Sansal has repeatedly criticized the Algerian regime, for which he has been imprisoned. Here, the philosopher Jean-François Colosimo explains why Macron's policy of reconciliation against Algeria is becoming apparent.
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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