Boualem Sansal's Prison Sentence
Algerian Court Sentences French-Algerian Author Boualem Sansal to Five Years in Prison
The novelist Boualem Sansal was arrested on November 16th at Algiers airport upon his return from Paris. The arrest was in response to an interview he gave to a far-right French media outlet in which he criticized France for ceding Moroccan territory to Algeria during the colonial era. Following his arrest, Sansal was sentenced to a five-year prison term under anti-terrorism laws.
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