Prosecutors had requested a 10-year prison sentence for the novelist, who has been convicted under article 87 of the Algerian penal code for undermining national unity, insulting an official body ...

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Sansal had been found guilty under anti-terrorism laws that human rights advocates in Algeria claim have long been used to quash anti-government voices. Charges included undermining national unity ...

By Ephrat Livni An Algerian French writer whose arrest in Algeria on accusations of undermining national unity and security inflamed tensions with France was sentenced to five years in prison on ...

TUNIS/PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - An Algerian court sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in jail on Thursday for undermining national unity, prompting a call for his ...

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which prosecutors claimed threatened national security. The case against 76-year-old Boualem Sansal has become a flashpoint in growing tensions between the Algerian and French governments.

The statement, which echoed a long-standing Moroccan claim, was viewed by Algeria as an affront to its national sovereignty. Last week, prosecutors at an Algiers court requested a 10-year prison ...

A man holds a placard reading ''Free Boualem Sansal'' during a gathering in support of detained Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, in Paris, Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

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France's President Emmanuel Macron is urging Algeria to free an 80-year-old writer who was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison, following accusations he had undermined Algeria's ...