Algeria pardons Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal following a request from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Sansal, 81, was arrested last year and sentenced to five years for undermining national unity, charges he denied, insisting he never intended to offend Algeria or its institutions.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal following a request from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Sansal, 81, was arrested last year and sentenced to five years for undermining national unity, charges he denied, insisting he never intended to offend Algeria or its institutions.
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