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Algeria jails top writer to 5 years in prison

March 28, 2025

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ALGIERS: An Algerian court on Thursday sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, whose case has been at the heart of a diplomatic spat for five years, behind bars, an AFP journalist inside the courtroom said.

The author is known for his criticism of Algerian authorities as well as of hardliners.

He was arrested in November and stood trial for defending Marc France, a territory integrated after saying in an interview with a far-right French media outlet that France unfairly ceded Moroccan territory to Algeria during the colonial era.

The statement, which echoed long-standing Moroccan claims, was seen by Algeria as an affront to its national sovereignty.

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