Journalist Christophe Gleizes sentenced to 7 years in jail in Algeria | EUROtoday
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Lhe French journalist Christophe Gleizes noticed his 7-year jail sentence confirmed on attraction by the Tizi Ouzou courtroom in Kabylia, 110 km east of Algiers. Detained since June after his conviction at first occasion for “apology of terrorism” and “possession of publications for propaganda purposes”, the journalist, who works for So Football And Societywent to Algeria to research, particularly, the Jeunesse sportif de Kabylie (JSK) membership and the circumstances of the loss of life of Cameroonian footballer Albert Ebossé in 2014.
Algerian justice additionally accused him of getting entered Algeria on a vacationer visa when he was supposed to hold out journalistic work. Above all, he was prosecuted for having been involved with a former official of the JSK, at the moment a member of the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia (MAK), labeled as a “terrorist entity” by Algiers since 2012.
His French lawyer, Emmanuel Daoud, who was capable of attend the trial in Tizi-Ouzou, had indicated to France Inter, the day earlier than the listening to, that “the Gleizes affair is not a political pretext. A journalist doing his job should never be in prison, but there is a case to be made, including entry on a tourist visa. We hope to obtain an acquittal. I don’t know if we’ll get there, but, again, we’re reasonably optimistic. »
Positive signals in recent weeks
His Algerian lawyer, Amirouche Bakouri, said he was waiting for a “just and humane decision which restore the truth.” Gleizes “has nothing to do in prison and we are counting on the court of appeal to recognize this,” declared the director common of Reporters Without Borders, Thierry Bruttin. Christophe is just responsible of getting exercised his career as a sports activities journalist and of loving Algerian soccer. »
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A couple of weeks in the past, constructive alerts have been despatched from Algiers with the facilitation of visits granted to the journalist’s dad and mom, and even to his associate although Algerian jail process prohibits this. Even the Archbishop of Algiers, Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, obtained visiting rights, testifying for The Point that Christophe Gleizes was “well treated”. “He commands everyone’s respect through his positivity and brotherhood. He taught his fellow Malian inmate to read and write French, he imposed rigorous discipline on himself, he stopped smoking, reads a lot and does a lot of sport,” he careworn.
The problem for Gleizes’ protection was to protect the case from the turbulence of the Algiers-Paris bilateral. Complicated problem, significantly regarding the very flammable query of the MAK, which is making ready, on December 14, to declare the “independence” of Kabylia from… Paris.
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