A ten -year sentence required in opposition to Boualem Sansal in Algeria | EUROtoday

On Mar 20, 2025

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L’Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal appeared in trial this Thursday morning earlier than the Criminal Court of Dar El Beida (east of Algiers) and the pronouncement of the decision is fastened for March 27.

Sansal was arrested on November 16 on November 16 asArticle 87 bis of the Algerian penal codewhich sanctions “any act aimed at the security of the State” or “the integrity of the territory”.

“Short and apparently healthy hair”, in line with witnesses to the trial, Sansal determined to defend himself, having “revoked all his lawyers”, in line with a judicial supply, even when the courtroom appointed him a lawyer dedicated. The author faces a number of costs: attacking nationwide unity, outrage in an establishment constituted, concerned in public order, practices prone to hurt the nationwide economic system and possession of movies and publications threatening nationwide safety and stability.

“The prosecution arises from press releases and electronic publications found on his personal devices, in particular his mobile phone, his computer and his USB key, which contained content deemed offensive for the constitutional, civil and military institutions of the Algerian state,” explains a journalist, who attended the every day trial Echourrouk.

Sansal maintained his protection line

The accusation of “intelligence with foreign parties”, which was informed to him on March 13 earlier than a decide of the fourth chamber of the courtroom of Dar El Beida, is not retained in opposition to him.

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The case was registered within the common calendar of present affairs which concern information of violations of unusual legislation. “The trial took place in a normal way, without any exceptional procedure”, specifies Echourrouk.

During his interrogation by the courtroom, Sansal maintained his line of protection denying any intention to offend Algeria by his publications, contemplating them as a easy expression of his opinion, as any Algerian citizen would do. He additionally claimed to disregard the potential harm that a few of his statements could trigger nationwide establishments.

To uncover

The kangaroo of the day

Answer

After his listening to, the prosecution requested ten years in opposition to him and a wonderful of 1,000,000 dinars. The verdict is predicted for March 27.

A ghost trial

François Zimeray, lawyer for the author, reacted firmly in a press launch, denouncing: “A ghost trial held within the best, defenseless secrecy, is incompatible with the very thought of justice. This confirms the arbitrary nature of this process and of detention as unjust as it’s merciless. This is why I seized the competent our bodies of the High Commission for Human Rights to the United Nations, a grievance in opposition to Algeria. As a reminder, the Algerian authorities have obstructed any communication between the author and the lawyer of his alternative, which was the goal of a hateful marketing campaign within the Algerian media and social networks, and to whom the visa for Algeria has by no means been granted. »»

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