{"id":15218,"date":"2025-04-02T18:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=15218"},"modified":"2025-04-02T18:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:42:58","slug":"boualem-sansal-appeals-five-year-sentence-in-algeria-amid-renewed-franco-algerian-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/02\/boualem-sansal-appeals-five-year-sentence-in-algeria-amid-renewed-franco-algerian-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Boualem Sansal Appeals Five-Year Sentence in Algeria Amid Renewed Franco-Algerian Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has appealed a five-year prison sentence issued against him in Algeria, his French lawyer Fran\u00e7ois Zimeray reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"378\">Zimeray called for a \u201chumanitarian gesture\u201d to release his 80-year-old client, saying that the appeal does not prevent Sansal from being granted a pardon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"612\">This announcement comes two days after a phone call between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune to relaunch dialogue between the two countries, during which Sansal\u2019s fate was discussed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"746\">Zimeray wrote: \u201cThe appeal does not prevent the application of the right to a pardon under Article 91 of the Algerian Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"874\">He added: \u201cIf there is any chance for a humanitarian gesture, I would certainly advise Boualem Sansal to withdraw the appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14177\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14177 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/houthis000.jpg\" alt=\"Algerian-French novelist Boualem Sansal has been detained for four months without clear charges\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/houthis000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/houthis000-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/houthis000-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algerian-French Writer Boualem Sansal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"91\"><strong data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"91\">Sansal Case Fuels Tensions, Then Thaws Diplomatic Chill<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"1123\">The writer\u2019s arrest in mid-November exacerbated already existing tensions between France and Algeria, especially after Paris supported Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in July 2024\u2014a region where Algeria supports the independence movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1217\">The sentence was handed down by the Criminal Court in Dar El Beida near Algiers on March 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1490\">However, in the days that followed, diplomatic relations between the two countries improved. During their phone call on Monday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/27\/algeria-sentences-author-boualem-sansal-to-5-years-amid-diplomatic-tensions-with-france\/\">French<\/a> and Algerian presidents agreed to relaunch bilateral relations, which could lead to renewed cooperation on security and immigration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1668\">Boualem Sansal faced criticism for remarks made in a French media outlet in which he said Algeria inherited land that had belonged to Morocco during the French colonial period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1670\" data-end=\"1836\">Zimeray, authorized by the French publishing house Gallimard\u2014which publishes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/20\/french-algerian-writer-boualem-sansal-is-on-trial-in-algeria-for-allegedly-undermining-national-unity-prosecutors-demand-a-10-year-sentence\/\">Sansal<\/a>\u2019s works\u2014was unable to obtain a visa from Algeria to take part in Sansal\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1838\" data-end=\"1975\">He has repeatedly stated that his client is \u201ccompletely innocent\u201d of the charges against him, which relate to endangering state security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has appealed a five-year prison sentence issued against him in Algeria, his French lawyer Fran\u00e7ois Zimeray reported on Wednesday. Zimeray called for a \u201chumanitarian gesture\u201d to release his 80-year-old client, saying that the appeal does not prevent Sansal from being granted a pardon. 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