Boualem Sansal

France outraged by imprisonment of author Boualem Sansal in Algeria
March 27, 2025
France has reacted with outrage to the sentencing of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, 80, who was given five years in prison by an Algerian court.Numerous politicians denounced the ruling...
French-Algerian writer jailed over Morocco comments
March 27, 2025
An Algerian court has sentenced an 80-year-old writer to five years in prison after accusing him of undermining the country's territorial integrity.Boualem Sansal was arrested last year after saying...
Paris accuses Algeria of trying to humiliate France by refusing to admit a deported influencer
January 10, 2025
PARIS (AP) — French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Friday accused Algeria of “trying to humiliate France” after the North African country refused to admit one of its nationals...
France alarmed by disappearance of writer in Algeria
November 23, 2024
France's Emmanuel Macron has joined calls for information about Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, who has gone missing after he flew to Algiers last Saturday.An outspoken critic of the Algerian...