First Independent Mena Newspaper
Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal spoke publicly for the first time since his release from prison in Algeria, saying his words remain “carefully controlled” and acknowledging that he fears being arrested again if he returns to Algiers. Sansal, 81, was freed on November 12 after spending a year behind bars in Algeria. He had been sentenced […]
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Algerian authorities to release Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who was sentenced to five years in prison in July for remarks questioning Algeria’s colonial-era borders. Sansal, 80, was arrested in Algiers in November 2024 after publicly stating that western Algeria had historically belonged to Morocco and that France had redrawn borders […]
The European Parliament has called on the Algerian regime to release immediately and unconditionally the 75-year-old novelist who was arrested at Algiers airport in November after saying, in an interview with a French TV channel, that western territories of today’s Algeria have been part of Morocco. The literary figure is facing charges of terrorism and […]