{"id":19335,"date":"2025-06-24T16:45:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=19335"},"modified":"2025-06-24T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:45:59","slug":"algeria-seeks-10-year-prison-sentence-for-author-boualem-sansal-over-anti-state-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/24\/algeria-seeks-10-year-prison-sentence-for-author-boualem-sansal-over-anti-state-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Seeks 10-Year Prison Sentence for Author Boualem Sansal Over \u201cAnti-State\u201d Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watan-<\/strong><\/em>On Tuesday, June 24, the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Algiers Court of Appeal requested a 10-year prison sentence and a fine of one million Algerian dinars against French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal, during his appeal hearing.<\/p>\n

Sansal, 75 years old, appeared before Judge Naima Dahmani, as reported by Kasbah Tribune, wearing gray pants and shirt, clean-shaven, and surrounded by elite members of the National Gendarmerie and Police. He chose to represent himself without a lawyer.<\/p>\n

The session began at 9:30 a.m., when the judge asked, \u201cCan you hear me?\u201d Sansal replied, \u201cYes, but I will answer in French,\u201d to which the judge agreed, while she continued questioning him in Arabic.<\/p>\n

The judge reminded him of the charges, mainly his statements and writings deemed hostile to Algeria, asking for his response. He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing. I am a free man. I speak to everyone, and I speak in France, not in Algeria. I am French, and all my statements were made in France.\u201d<\/p>\n

She questioned him about a controversial interview with far-right channel \u201cFronti\u00e8re\u201d, where he discussed Algerian borders, especially the western ones. Sansal explained:\u201cI simply said that the current borders were drawn by the French and are remnants of colonialism. I reminded that the African Union agreed post-independence to respect colonial-era borders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court also reviewed correspondence with former French ambassador Xavier Driencourt and ex-minister Hubert V\u00e9drine, highlighting a remark: \u201cWe have oil and [General] Chengriha.\u201d Sansal responded:\u201cThose were private, sometimes humorous conversations. I don\u2019t see the danger.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about ties to the separatist movement MAK (considered terrorist in Algeria), Sansal said:\u201cI speak to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judge then asked:\u201cHave you ever visited Israel?\u201d<\/p>\n

He replied:\u201cYes, in 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n

She asked:\u201cIn what context?\u201d<\/p>\n

He said:\u201cI was invited jointly by the PLO and the Israeli authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Algerian courts sentenced writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on charges of undermining national unity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Asked if he still stood by his past statements, Sansal replied calmly:\u201cYes, I still believe in them. But people can change their minds.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the judge asked why his writings focus on politics rather than culture, he remained silent.<\/p>\n

In his closing argument, the public prosecutor noted Sansal\u2019s background:\u201cBorn, raised, educated, and treated in Algeria, yet he has never shown gratitude to his homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then requested the maximum sentence: 10 years in prison and a fine of one million dinars.<\/p>\n

In his final words, Sansal said:\u201cThis is a trial of literature. It makes no sense. The Algerian Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience, speech, and opinion\u2014yet here I stand before you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The appeal concerns the original ruling issued on March 27, 2025, by the Dar El Beida Criminal Court, sentencing Sansal to 5 years in prison and a 500,000 dinar fine.<\/p>\n

Sansal has been detained since November 16, upon arrival at Algiers Airport, following statements made to a far-right French channel where he questioned Algeria\u2019s ownership of its western borders. He was placed in pre-trial detention under Article 87 bis of Algeria\u2019s Penal Code, which treats \u201cactions threatening state security\u201d as terrorism.<\/p>\n

The case worsened tensions between Algeria and France, especially after French President Emmanuel Macron declared:\u201cAlgeria should be ashamed to jail a writer.\u201d<\/p>\n

This drew strong backlash from Algeria, where President Abdelmadjid Tebboune responded by labeling Sansal:\u201cAn anonymous thief claiming that half of Algeria belongs to another country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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France Algeria relations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A brief hope for Sansal\u2019s release followed a phone call between Macron and Tebboune in April, but it was crushed after the Amir DZ case reignited hostilities between the two governments.<\/p>\n

Sansal, a former high-ranking Algerian official (ex-director of industry in the early 2000s), is notorious for describing Algerian revolutionaries as terrorists and for espousing extreme views on Islam under the guise of combating Islamism.<\/p>\n

He is also known for his vocal support of Israel, which became even more visible after the October 7, 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood operation, through his writings and repeated statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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