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Watan<\/strong><\/em>-On Tuesday, the Algerian Court of Appeal issued a decision confirming the initial ruling against French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, sentencing him to five years of actual imprisonment. This means he will remain in prison and may further strain relations with France.<\/p>\n

Sansal has the right to appeal this decision to Algeria\u2019s Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court overturns the judgment, the case will be retried before a new panel of judges. If it rejects his appeal, the sentence will become final, opening the door to a possible presidential pardon\u2014an exclusive power of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune under the constitution, but only after all legal avenues have been exhausted.<\/p>\n

Sansal appeared alone\u2014without a lawyer\u2014before the Court of Appeal on the morning of Tuesday, June 24, defending himself and offering explanations for the shocking statements that were considered in Algeria as undermining national unity.<\/p>\n

During the trial, he was questioned about his interview with the far-right newspaper Frontier<\/em>, in which he made remarks concerning Algeria\u2019s borders, especially the western ones. He explained: \u201cI simply said that the current borders were drawn by the French and are a colonial legacy. I reminded the court that the African Union, after independence, affirmed the necessity of respecting colonial-inherited borders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judge then reviewed some messages and correspondence Sansal exchanged with former French Ambassador to Algeria Xavier Driencourt and former French Foreign Minister Hubert V\u00e9drine, highlighting his comment: \u201cWe have the oil and Gaid Salah.\u201d Sansal replied, \u201cThose were private conversations, sometimes joking. I don\u2019t see what is dangerous about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Algerian-French Writer Boualem Sansal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Regarding his contacts with the MAK movement (classified as a terrorist organization in Algeria), he answered: \u201cI speak with everyone.\u201d The judge then surprised him by asking: \u201cHave you ever visited Israel?\u201d He replied: \u201cYes, in 2012.\u201d Asked \u201cIn what capacity?\u201d he said: \u201cI was invited by both the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Israeli authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if he still stood by his statements and positions, he calmly said: \u201cYes, I still believe them, but a person can change their mind in life.\u201d The judge also wondered why he focused on politics instead of culture or literature: \u201cWhy not speak about literature and culture, rather than only domestic politics?\u201d Sansal remained silent.<\/p>\n

In her closing argument, the prosecutor recalled Sansal\u2019s biography: \u201cHe was born, raised, educated, and treated in Algeria,\u201d adding that \u201che never showed any gratitude to his country,\u201d and therefore requested ten years of actual imprisonment and a fine of one million Algerian dinars.<\/p>\n

When given the floor for his final statement, Sansal declared: \u201cThis is a trial of literature, which makes no sense. The Algerian constitution guarantees freedom of conscience, expression, and opinion, yet here I am before you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sansal has been in detention after being convicted of \u201cundermining national unity\u201d and several related charges, following his statement attributing part of Algerian territory to Morocco. He was arrested on November 16, upon arrival at Algiers airport, after he questioned the legitimacy of Algeria\u2019s current borders in an interview with a far-right channel. He was placed in pre-trial detention under Article 87 bis of the Algerian Penal Code, which punishes \u201cacts threatening state security\u201d as \u201cterrorist acts.\u201d<\/p>\n

This case has exacerbated the crisis between Algeria and France, bringing tensions to a peak after President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s remark that \u201cit does Algeria no honor to imprison a writer,\u201d which provoked strong reactions in Algeria. President Tebboune, for his part, described Sansal as an \u201canonymous thief\u201d claiming that half of Algeria belongs to another state.<\/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

There was a glimmer of hope for Sansal\u2019s release after the phone call between the Algerian and French presidents at the end of April, but everything reverted to square one following the fallout from the \u201cAmir Dzayad\u201d affair, closing the brief d\u00e9tente between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Known for his controversial stances\u2014some have even branded them \u201ctreasonous\u201d\u2014Sansal, who served as Director of Industry in the early 2000s, did not shy away from labeling Algeria\u2019s revolutionary icons as terrorists and has promoted some of the most extreme theses on Islam under the guise of combating Islamism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watan-On Tuesday, the Algerian Court of Appeal issued a decision confirming the initial ruling against French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, sentencing him to five years of actual imprisonment. This means he will remain in prison and may further strain relations with France. Sansal has the right to appeal this decision to Algeria\u2019s Supreme Court. 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