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Algeria court upholds Sansal jail term, France hopes for pardon
The New Arab
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July 1, 2025
Sansal has eight days to file a further appeal his jail sentence before Algeria's supreme court [Getty/file photo] An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualem Sansal, whose case has strained...
Algerian court upholds writer's 5-year sentence in a case that's strained ties with France
Newsday - New York
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ALGIERS, Algeria — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and pushed tensions with France to the brink. The...
Algerian court upholds five-year jail term for French-Algerian writer
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 1, 2025
TUNIS (Reuters) -An Algerian court upheld on Tuesday a five-year prison sentence being served by French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for undermining national unity, Ennahar TV said, prompting a call for clemency by France. Sansal, 80, had been...
Algeria court upholds writer Boualem Sansal's five-year jail term
Modern Ghana
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An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against writer Boualem Sansal for after he was found guilty of undermining Algeria's territorial integrity. The French Prime Minister said he hoped the Algerian president would "grant...
Outcry after Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years in jail
BBC
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July 1, 2025
French journalists' unions on Tuesday called on Algeria to release a French football writer who has been jailed for seven years for supporting terrorism. Christophe Gleizes, who is 36, was sentenced on Sunday, after being found guilty of holding...
French clemency plea after writer's five-year jail term in Algeria upheld
The National News
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France on Tuesday urged Algeria to show clemency after an Algerian court upheld a five-year prison sentence imposed on writer Boualem Sansal. The conviction and sentencing of Mr Sansal, 80, a Franco-Algerian, who is known to be suffering from...
Algerian court upholds writer’s 5-year sentence in a case that’s strained ties with France
Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal’s five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and pushed tensions with France to the brink....
French sportswriter sentenced to prison for ‘glorifying terrorism’ in Algeria
New York Post
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July 1, 2025
A French journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer official accused of ties to a banned separatist movement, in a case rights groups say criminalizes routine reporting. Christophe Gleizes, a...
Algeria court to rule on bid to double writer's jail term
Al-Monitor
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July 1, 2025
An Algerian court is expected to deliver a verdict Tuesday on prosecutors' bid to double the jail term of a dual-national author whose conviction has strained ties with France. Boualem Sansal, 80, was first sentenced to five years behind bars on...
I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes?
The Guardian
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July 1, 2025
France’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was historically among the most significant in Europe. After Britain, France had the second biggest colonial empire. We know that 1.38 million people were deported in at least 4,220 documented...
From a Mahabharata sweep to a Gen Z musical theatre boom, here’s how the 2025 Dora Awards played out
The Globe and Mail
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July 1, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Why Not Theatre’s production of Mahabharata swept the Dora Awards, with five awards across acting, directing and design categories in the General Theatre division, including outstanding production.Foteini...
Algeria court upholds writer Sansal's five-year jail term
Yahoo News
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An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualam Sansal, whose case has strained ties with France. Sansal, 80, was first sentenced to five years behind bars on March 27 on charges related to...
Death toll from Algeria stadium collapse rises to four
Graphic
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June 30, 2025
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Algeria sentences French football journalist to 7 years in jail
Bangladesh Post
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Algeria's authorities have sentenced a prominent French sports journalist specialised in African football to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism", media rights campaigners RSF said Sunday, denouncing the verdict as "nonsensical"....
Death toll from Algeria stadium fall rises to four
The Straits Times
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June 30, 2025
The number of spectators killed after falling from an upper stand of a stadium following MC Alger's victory in the Algerian top-flight league has risen to four, the champions said on Monday. The fourth fan has died in hospital, where he was being...
Death toll from Algeria stadium fall rises
BDNews24
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Published : 30 Jun 2025, 11:19 PM Updated : 30 Jun 2025, 11:19 PM The number of spectators killed after falling from an upper stand of a stadium following MC Alger's victory in the Algerian top-flight league has risen to four, the champions said...
Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years behind bars
Modern Ghana
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Algerian authorities have sentenced a prominent French sports journalist to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism", media rights campaigners RSF have said, denouncing the verdict as "nonsensical". Christophe Gleizes, who contributes to...
Press freedom groups and French government condemn 7-year prison sentence handed to French football journalist in Algeria
Get French Football News
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June 30, 2025
10French football journalist Christophe Gleizes, a contributor to So Foot and Society, was sentenced on Sunday to seven years in prison by a court in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. The decision has sparked strong condemnation from the French government, as...
#FreeGleizes: RSF mobilises to secure release of French sports journalist wrongly imprisoned in Algeria
Reporters Without Borders
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Christophe Gleizes travelled to Algeria in May 2024 to report on the golden era of the local football club, Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (JSK), during the 1980s. He had also planned to cover the commemorations marking the tenth anniversary of the...
Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years be...
Modern Ghana
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Algerian authorities have sentenced a prominent French sports journalist to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism", media rights campaigners RSF have said, denouncing the verdict as "nonsensical". Christophe Gleizes, who contributes to...