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Newly appointed France coach Zinédine Zidane said he hopes jailed French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes can return home, thrusting a politically sensitive Algeria-related case into the spotlight. At his introductory news conference as French coach, Zidane was asked about Gleizes, a French freelance sports journalist who was sentenced in Algeria to seven years in prison […]
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, the detention of French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes has escalated into a diplomatic and athletic flashpoint, exposing not only an alarming manipulation of the judiciary by the Algerian regime but also underscoring a broader assault on civil liberties. On 3 December 2025, the third-ranking official of FIFA, Kevin […]