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Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The Algerian News Agency (APS) confirmed on Monday that President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s presidential pardon issued on Independence Day did not include writer Boualem Sansal, contrary to speculation in some French political and media circles, particularly from the far right.<\/p>\n

This marks the first official Algerian confirmation that Sansal was excluded from the amnesty\u2014an exclusion that has provoked criticism from several French officials, including Prime Minister Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou, who described the decision as \u201can affront to solidarity and basic freedoms,\u201d and condemned Sansal’s imprisonment over his \u201cpublicly expressed opinions\u201d as \u201cintolerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFrance has over 2,297 citizens imprisoned worldwide without considering it a national tragedy, yet insists on intervening when Algeria is involved,\u201d noted APS.<\/p>\n

Algeria Rejects French Pressure Over Sansal Pardon<\/strong><\/h3>\n

French authorities had hoped the Algerian president would grant Sansal a pardon, especially after the writer chose not to appeal his final sentence before Algeria\u2019s Supreme Court\u2014legally allowing the president to exercise his discretionary power of amnesty. However, this expectation was dashed.<\/p>\n

In a sharply worded editorial, the APS condemned the ongoing French media campaign surrounding the case, calling it \u201ca fantasy promoted by the hateful far-right in France, which still hasn\u2019t accepted Algeria\u2019s independence.\u201d The agency accused Sansal of remaining \u201ccaptive to outdated illusions\u201d and said his case has been used as \u201ca pretext for a renewed campaign of hatred and misinformation against Algeria.\u201d<\/p>\n

APS also targeted the French media networks linked to businessman Vincent Bollor\u00e9, accusing them of spearheading an orchestrated smear campaign. It criticized French columnists, pundits, and self-proclaimed intellectuals for recycling the same \u201cpoisonous narrative\u201d that portrays Algeria as a repressive regime\u2014an effort to exert diplomatic pressure on the country.<\/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

The statement condemned the double standards, noting that while France has imprisoned thousands of its own citizens abroad, it chooses to single out Algeria, which tried Sansal<\/a> under its domestic laws, as he is a former senior official and Algerian national.<\/p>\n

The agency emphasized that Sansal\u2019s case involves national unity, calling it \u201ca red line for any sovereign state.\u201d It warned that some French political and media figures are embracing a new colonialist and patronizing attitude, masking France\u2019s internal crises by stirring up tensions with Algeria.<\/p>\n

APS accused France of executing a deliberate strategy to revive anti-Algerian hostility, referencing recent inflammatory comments by writer Pascal Bruckner on \u201cLe Figaro,\u201d who suggested \u201ckidnapping Algerian diplomats\u201d and called the Algerian people \u201cinsane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sansal is currently serving a prison sentence for charges related to undermining national unity and other serious offenses after he claimed part of Algerian territory belonged to Morocco in an interview with a far-right French outlet. He was arrested at Algiers Airport on November 16, 2024, and was sentenced twice to five years in prison under Article 87 bis of Algeria\u2019s Penal Code, which criminalizes acts deemed to threaten state security or qualify as terrorism.<\/p>\n

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Algeria Slams French Media’s “New OAS” Rhetoric<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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APS recalled the 1970s era of anti-Algerian racism in France, warning that a new wave of incitement was being led by the \u201cheirs of the OAS (Secret Army Organization)\u201d\u2014France\u2019s paramilitary colonial force\u2014under modern guises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose behind this campaign are not defending Sansal\u2014they are using him as a pretext to reignite a memory war,\u201d the agency wrote. \u201cAlgeria stands firm, loyal to its principles, and fiercely protective of its sovereignty. Not even Bollor\u00e9\u2019s filthiest saliva can stain its honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

The media empire of Vincent Bollor\u00e9 has come under fire for consistently providing a platform to anti-Algerian voices and historical revisionism. During a recent visit to Algiers, leftist MP S\u00e9bastien Delogu from La France Insoumise strongly criticized Bollor\u00e9\u2019s media for acting as \u201cwatchdogs\u201d of hate.<\/p>\n

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Boualem Sansal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an interview with Canal Alg\u00e9rie, Delogu said, \u201cFrench media has become fully Bollorized,\u201d accusing it of spreading lies and colonialist rhetoric against Algeria. He warned that this media narrative, no longer limited to the far right, is now echoed by voices within France\u2019s government itself.<\/p>\n

Drawing from his family\u2019s past\u2014his grandfather was saved by Algeria\u2019s liberation army and fled the OAS\u2014Delogu said he could not remain silent in the face of \u201cdivisive discourse and distorted history promoted by Bollor\u00e9-aligned media.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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