{"id":19890,"date":"2025-07-06T18:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=19890"},"modified":"2025-07-06T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:32:04","slug":"france-demands-algerian-pardon-for-boualem-sansal-amid-escalating-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/06\/france-demands-algerian-pardon-for-boualem-sansal-amid-escalating-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"France Demands Algerian Pardon for Boualem Sansal Amid Escalating Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-French Prime Minister Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou has expressed his dismay over the continued imprisonment of Algerian-French writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria, as calls persist within France urging Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to issue a presidential pardon.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"913\">Speaking before members of his Democratic Movement party, Bayrou said Sansal\u2019s conviction and his exclusion from a recent mass presidential pardon represent an affront not only to the government but to \u201call French citizens,\u201d calling it a violation of fundamental values of solidarity and freedom. He condemned Sansal\u2019s imprisonment for his \u201cpublicly stated views\u201d as \u201cintolerable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1210\">According to French media, President Emmanuel Macron is expected to comment soon on Sansal\u2019s case. Diplomatic sources suggest that a humanitarian pardon remains legally possible due to the discretionary powers available to President Tebboune outside of national holidays or formal occasions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1461\">France\u2019s current strategy appears focused on pressuring Algeria for a presidential pardon, especially after Sansal declined to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court\u2014effectively making his sentence final and thus eligible for executive clemency.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1463\" data-end=\"1659\">Tebboune recently granted amnesty to around 7,000 prisoners on Independence Day but excluded those convicted of conspiracy, treason, and espionage\u2014categories that seemingly include Sansal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15194\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/566666.jpg\" alt=\"According to French media, President Emmanuel Macron is expected to comment soon on Sansal\u2019s case. Diplomatic sources suggest that a humanitarian pardon remains legally possible due to the discretionary powers available to President Tebboune outside of national holidays or formal occasions.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/566666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/566666-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/566666-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">France Algeria relations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1707\">French Disappointment and Caution<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1919\">Widespread disappointment followed the Algerian court&#8217;s decision to sentence Sansal to five years in prison, prompting notable restraint from French officials seeking to avoid worsening diplomatic tensions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"2306\">French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, known for his hardline views on immigration and Algeria, called the Franco-Algerian relationship \u201cpolarized\u201d but avoided inflammatory rhetoric. On BFMTV, he referenced disputes such as France\u2019s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara and deportations of Algerian nationals but refrained from direct criticism of Algiers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2308\" data-end=\"2586\">Even far-right MP \u00c9ric Ciotti, who had previously pushed to cancel the 1968 migration agreement with Algeria\u2014labeling it \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d\u2014suddenly withdrew his proposal. This move was widely interpreted as a gesture to de-escalate tensions, likely tied to Sansal\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2593\" data-end=\"2645\">Sansal\u2019s Controversial Statements and Arrest<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2647\" data-end=\"3003\">Sansal was imprisoned following accusations of undermining national unity and other charges related to statements in which he claimed part of Algerian territory belonged to Morocco. He was arrested on November 16, 2023, upon arrival at Algiers airport, after appearing on a far-right French TV channel and questioning Algeria\u2019s current borders.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3005\" data-end=\"3197\">He was placed in pretrial detention under Article 87 bis of Algeria\u2019s Penal Code, which criminalizes acts considered threats to national security and categorizes them as terrorism.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3199\" data-end=\"3511\">The case significantly worsened tensions between France and Algeria, especially after President Macron stated that \u201cAlgeria dishonors itself by jailing a writer,\u201d prompting a sharp response from Tebboune, who described Sansal as an \u201cunknown thief claiming half of Algeria belongs to another country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3513\" data-end=\"3739\">Although a phone call between the two presidents in April had raised hopes for Sansal\u2019s release, any momentum was halted following the emergence of the \u201cAmir DZ case,\u201d which effectively reignited bilateral hostilities.<\/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=\"3746\" data-end=\"3776\">Who is Boualem Sansal?<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3778\" data-end=\"4119\">Sansal, a former Director of Industry in Algeria during the early 2000s, is known for his provocative political views, which many in Algeria deem treasonous. He has described Algerian independence heroes as terrorists, espoused extreme anti-Islamist rhetoric, and defended Israel, which he has visited multiple times.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4121\" data-end=\"4300\">His support for Israel became more visible after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in October 2023, as he published writings and made frequent public statements backing Israeli actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-French Prime Minister Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou has expressed his dismay over the continued imprisonment of Algerian-French writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria, as calls persist within France urging Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to issue a presidential pardon. Speaking before members of his Democratic Movement party, Bayrou said Sansal\u2019s conviction and his exclusion from a recent mass presidential &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[681,62,3345,4075],"class_list":["post-19890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-abdelmadjid-tebboune","tag-algeria","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-francois-bayrou"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>France Demands Algerian Pardon for Boualem Sansal Amid Escalating Tensions - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"French Prime Minister Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou denounces Algeria\u2019s imprisonment of writer Boualem 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