Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five ... But some observers have suggested the author might be granted a presidential pardon during upcoming Muslim or national holidays.

The case against 76-year-old Boualem Sansal has become a flashpoint in growing tensions between the Algerian and French governments ... videos that threaten national stability. Sansal’s five-year ...

The 80-year-old writer, who suffers from cancer, has been detained in Algeria since November 2024. The ruling comes amid a diplomatic crisis between Paris and Algiers.

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, pictured in 2015, is a prominent figure in north African modern francophone literature — Joël SAGET An Algerian court on Thursday sentenced French-Algerian ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Thursday sentenced an award-winning French-Algerian writer to five years in ... The case against 76-year-old Boualem Sansal has become a flashpoint ...

Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem ... the author might be granted a presidential pardon during upcoming Muslim or national holidays. Sansal’s five-year sentence is half ...