Algeria pardons author Boualem Sansal | EUROtoday

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Algeria has accepted Germany’s request to pardon and switch to Germany the Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal, imprisoned for a yr, the Algerian presidency introduced in an announcement.

German President Steinmeier had requested that Sansal, sentenced on attraction in July to 5 years in jail, be pardoned and obtain medical remedy in Germany “given his advanced age and fragile health”.

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