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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 ...

An Algerian court upheld on Tuesday a five-year prison sentence being served by French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for ...

The conviction of Boualem Sansal, an outspoken French and Algerian writer, has worsened tensions between the countries.

An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualem Sansal, whose case has ...

An Algerian court upheld on Tuesday a five-year prison sentence being served by French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for ...

An Algerian court has upheld a five-year prison sentence for Boualem Sansal, a French-Algerian writer convicted of undermining national unity. Sansal's detention and controversial statements about ...

Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal is facing five years in prison in Algeria after he lost an appeal against his ...

The Algerian court upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence, intensifying France-Algeria diplomatic tensions. Sansal was charged with undermining national unity under ...

Arrested in Algeria in November 2024, Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was sentenced on March 27 to five years in prison and a fine of 500,000 dinars (€3,470) for stating that the western ...

Sansal was arrested in November 2024 at Algiers airport. French President Macron has called on Algeria to release the writer. French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years ...

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been sentenced to five years in prison in Algeria for undermining the country’s territorial integrity. Sansal was arrested in November last year at Algiers ...